hand carved spalted beach bowl

[overclocker_kris]

i found a blown down beach tree in my local woods, i wanted a nice fruit bowl to give to my girlfriend as a present. this is the result.




watch how i made it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPdxU5G31bY

 

[quietone]

Beautiful work, beautiful wood. Very lucky find too. Did you get anymore for future projects?
Really nice video too. Didn't realise the scale of it, very generous size. Excellent skills.

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[overclocker_kris]

thanks, i have the other half of the split and the tree will carry on spalting for about another year before it starts really rotting and becoming unusable. the woods that i found it are very good for spalted beach, to be honest there is more than i could ever want. any beach tree that falls down ends up spalted about 6 months later. and the woodland manager is ok with me taking a few logs here and there. so that is a plus as well.

 

[quietone]

Nice. Can I ask what adze you're using?

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[overclocker_kris]

Nice. Can I ask what adze you're using?

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yeah its a gransfors bruks bowl adze but i would not recommend it, i had to spend a long time grinding it and sharpening it. i would go for a hans karlson if i was to buy again.

 

[Muddypaws]

Wow! That is simply stunning.

 

[Goatboy]

That's a lovely bowl Kris, your girlfriend must be really cuffed with it.
Nice wood and honey tones and the form you've given it really shows them off.
Excellent work.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[Baelfore]

Lovely bowl, and the spalting really adds to it. Well done!

Atb
Ste

 

[DogRose]

That is beautiful! Nice work

 

[Robson Valley]

Great finish to an excellent carving. Thanks for the video = need it for top/bottom layout, always forget how.

 

[Dreadhead]

beautiful!

 

[overclocker_kris]

Great finish to an excellent carving. Thanks for the video = need it for top/bottom layout, always forget how.

i have another bowl carving vid on my youtube where i cover the layout in much finer detail if you ever need to check anything.

 

[overclocker_kris]

beautiful!

Thanks, I'm a big fan of your work so thats a great compliment.

 

[crosslandkelly]

That's lovely.

 

[overclocker_kris]

That's lovely.

thanks, glad you like it.

 

[Hoodoo]

Excellent work! The bowl is gorgeous and the video is great as well. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Arwon]

Excellent work, both the bowl and video, congratulations

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[Arya]

What a beauty! The pattern in the wood is stunning I bet she was very happy with this gift!

 

[humdrum_hostage]

Very nice indeed! I just picked up some wood in the local woodland that came down in the last wind and the first 3 foot is spalted but I think it may be too rotten, I am just waiting for it to dry a bit with my fingers crossed...... right, I'm off to watch your video now.

 

[humdrum_hostage]

Dude that bowl is huge! Who needs a gym membership with that workout! The bit I have is about 8" diameter

I have to say though, you got all those specialist tools and work horse but you dont have a hammer to knock a couple of pins in? lol