Following various conversations on here about Lime wood and the lack of it in my part of the world, there is some, but i only planted them as whips a fews years back, so i have to wait a bit until they are big enough to be of use.
Long story short, I received an offer of some Lime from Harvestman (cheers mate) with a couple of conditions attached to it, 1 - he needed my address and 2 - i had to post up on here what i made from it, i agreed and so earlier this week, i received this in the post.
So today i made a start on my part of the bargain and came up with this
I drew out the rough shape of a bowl and got carving, i used a gouge for most of the carving on this particular project rather than my adze as the piece i Lime i have is a limited resource and i wanted to make sure i didn't stuff it up with a wayward swing of the adze.
The Lime was wonderful to carve and in pretty short order i ended up with the bowl pictured, to finish it off, i sanded down the exterior of the bowl, but left the inside of the bowl with tool marks, the best of both worlds i figured, it's also a look i quite like and in the case of this bowl, it just seemed right, to finish the bowl off, i oiled it with a liberal coat of Walnut oil.
Big thanks go to Harvestman for sending me the wood, it's incredible stuff and i cant wait now fo rthe saplings i planted up the lakes to grow big enough to allow me to harvest them - Now what to make with the other half ?
Long story short, I received an offer of some Lime from Harvestman (cheers mate) with a couple of conditions attached to it, 1 - he needed my address and 2 - i had to post up on here what i made from it, i agreed and so earlier this week, i received this in the post.
So today i made a start on my part of the bargain and came up with this
I drew out the rough shape of a bowl and got carving, i used a gouge for most of the carving on this particular project rather than my adze as the piece i Lime i have is a limited resource and i wanted to make sure i didn't stuff it up with a wayward swing of the adze.
The Lime was wonderful to carve and in pretty short order i ended up with the bowl pictured, to finish it off, i sanded down the exterior of the bowl, but left the inside of the bowl with tool marks, the best of both worlds i figured, it's also a look i quite like and in the case of this bowl, it just seemed right, to finish the bowl off, i oiled it with a liberal coat of Walnut oil.
Big thanks go to Harvestman for sending me the wood, it's incredible stuff and i cant wait now fo rthe saplings i planted up the lakes to grow big enough to allow me to harvest them - Now what to make with the other half ?
