Rustic Birch Vase
I turned this last week from my collection of highly degraded birch (the same wood from which I turned this and this). This came from a large and irregular section of particularly rotten trunk. I wasn't sure that any of it could be salvaged, but I eventually worked it down with an axe into something a fraction of its original size but solid enough to mount between centers on the lathe. Then I let it find its own shape by turning away the soft spots until I reached a reasonable surface, while keeping some natural surfaces on the side and rim. Rustic birch vase finished in shellac, backyard Olympia.
Rustic Birch Vase
I turned this last week from my collection of highly degraded birch (the same wood from which I turned this and this). This came from a large and irregular section of particularly rotten trunk. I wasn't sure that any of it could be salvaged, but I eventually worked it down with an axe into something a fraction of its original size but solid enough to mount between centers on the lathe. Then I let it find its own shape by turning away the soft spots until I reached a reasonable surface, while keeping some natural surfaces on the side and rim. Rustic birch vase finished in shellac, backyard Olympia.