What is this bowl made from?

[se7enthdevil]

I think the word burr is over used and we should probably just use it to describe what woodworks is thinking of, a pippy lump on the side of a tree.

 

this piece looks like it was a lump of swirly grain either at the side of the tree or part of the base. it does look very spalted and the colour just makes me think that its beech but I'll happily be surprised if its not.

[Woodworks]

I think the word burr is over used and we should probably just use it to describe what woodworks is thinking of, a pippy lump on the side of a tree.

 

this piece looks like it was a lump of swirly grain either at the side of the tree or part of the base. it does look very spalted and the colour just makes me think that its beech but I'll happily be surprised if its not.

 

It is beech no question. It was growing up from the root plate just away from the main trunk. I had most of the main trunk for firewood and this is when I removed this piece from the base. As I said further back it was like one of those granite ornamental granite balls so much so I was carefully avoiding it as not to blunt my blade. Then knocked some moss off it and realise it was part of the tree. I have asked the father in law to send a close up picture of the grain.

[nepia]

It was growing up from the root plate just away from the main trunk. I had most of the main trunk...

 

 

I wonder if what you've got was the base of a stool and the trunk was the only regrown stem allowed to persist... possible?

[Woodworks]

I wonder if what you've got was the base of a stool and the trunk was the only regrown stem allowed to persist... possible?

 

Yes possible. Would there be any way to tell?

 

Wish I had taken picture on the day as did not pay much attention at the time.

Edited November 3, 2013 by Woodworks

[Mike Dempsey]

here is a photo of some similarish spalted beech. I didn't have a lot of time to hunt in the workshop to find an exact match. Beech I find is one of these timbers which have a wide variation of colours and patterns once it starts to spalt. A bit annoying for me when sometimes I need to get plain beech for projects rather than the multi-coloured and multi-patterned beech.

[Woodworks]

here is a photo of some similarish spalted beech. I didn't have a lot of time to hunt in the workshop to find an exact match. Beech I find is one of these timbers which have a wide variation of colours and patterns once it starts to spalt. A bit annoying for me when sometimes I need to get plain beech for projects rather than the multi-coloured and multi-patterned beech.

 

Thanks Mike

 

I do appreciate the ideas but it did not look like spalting well not any I have seen before. The whole thing did not really look like wood. No obvious grain to speak of.

 

Are there any growths that grow on wood that are not actually part of the tree? I know I am clutching at straws here but it is very strange to my eye.

[peatff]

I reckon it's made of wood.

 

Nah, it's too smooth for wood it must be plastic from the new Tupperware range

[Woodworks]

Nah, it's too smooth for wood it must be plastic from the new Tupperware range

 

Ye Ye

 

I have got to eat humble pie. Father in law has sent close ups of the bowl and as has already been said at length blatantly a burr with a bit of spalting thrown in for good measure. Sorry for being convinced it wasn't. Only excuse is that it was cut a few years back and my memory is sh... I will now get my coat.

[Rich Rule]

It a beautiful bowl regardless.

[tilleytrees]

May be ash or beech