There was once a time when I used to freak at the sight of very short-grained pieces of timber brought to my shop by a prospective customer whose gardener or tree surgeon had helpfully cut a tree trunk into pieces just big enough to make bowls. Short, end-grain pieces like this will almost inevitably crack. Still, these days I know what to do with them!
this piece is a big lump of cherry, about 34cm diameter and it had a fair bit of fungal attack, hence the darkening. It was turned when still quite green, with minor cracks in it, then put aside to dry and to crack to its heart's content.
The result involved a bit of cross-stitch using natural leather thong, a black leather thong around its waist and a copper wire terminal.
I threw in a couple of apples just so that my customer could have an idea of scale, but I will probably eat those before she arrives to collect it!
C&C always welcome
