Wormy

[edbanger]

Wormy

Little Horse Chestnut burr 135mm (51/4") x 120mm (41/2") Coloured with Chestnut Spirit stains and finished with CA.

It's called Wormy as you can see why from the picture of the base  

C & C's as always welcome

Ed

[Bryan Milham]

Ed,

your post is missing something!

[edbanger]

Woops 

[Les Symonds]

Beautiful colour which really shows the features well. Amazing to see the marks left within the worm holes as the worm has munched its way through....never noticed that before.

Les

[TWiG]

Ed , I think this piece of wood might have created an interesting  vessel if used the other way up , with the worm holes at the top , I think the holes are caused by the larvae of the Goat moth , as I have found similar before in Pine .Good to see you enjoy  experimenting with odd / defect wood though, so much more interesting than a plain sound piece, and easily and cheaply available once you know what to look for ....Terry ..

[Bryan Milham]

Well that caught me out. Looking at the pictures I took it to be one of your big vessels 12"+ in size and then I saw the size of the holes, damn them worms were big...

So I went back and read the text 5½”, I'd not have thought it, it looks far bigger from the grain and the burr figuring.

The colouring and finish (CA I notice) are amazing.

I've always avoided Horse chestnut, thought it to be soft and fluffy but I might have to rethink my ideas if it can look like this.

[edbanger]

Thanks for the comments

I was going to turn the worm holes away but then I thought I would keep them as a feature.

Bryan your not the first person to be fooled by the size 

If you want to colour a burr I find the Horse Chestnut really takes on the colours well so well worth grabbing when you can.

All the best

Ed

[ChrisF]

I'm not normally all that keen on coloured pieces but I really like this, possibly because the detail is still very much visible.  Like it a lot.

[Derek]

Nice one Ed I like the colour and finish.

[John]

Hi Ed,
I like this peice very much.
I do colour Horse chestnut it usually works well.
John

[edbanger]

Thanks for the comments All 

Ed

[Steve Jones]

Lovely piece Ed. Great use of a section of wood most would throw away. I am not a big lover of coloured wood and generally only like it when it doesn't hide the beauty of wood. It works really well here and you have produced a great effect.