Spalted Beech Hollow Form
Andy Fortune
Newtown, England
This small pot was turned end-grain as an experiment. The usual European method of turning is to cut across the grain but you can get some different grain patterns by using the timber in different configuraions. Again this piece split after I'd finished it but has been enhanced with the addition of leather thong.
The section of timber that this bowl was made from already had a split so I decided to do the leather stitching before I made the bowl
A set of 3 nested bowls made from a single piece of Spalted Beech
A nest of 3 bowls each taken from the inside of the other. Although Beech is a relatively plain timber the Spalting, a fungal infection of the wood, enhances the look of this piece.
A large hollow form made from a split section of 25