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Offline Valkrider

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Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« on: July 09, 2020, 04:26:34 PM »
This was a piece I started years ago and just left. It is the knee of an Almond tree. A little bit soft in places. 24cm by 17cm at the widest and 5mm think. It had developed a couple of minor cracks that I filled with superglue and brass dust. Sanded and finished with satin lacquer and then buffed lightly. Going to a friend tomorrow for her birthday.


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Re: Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2020, 05:27:08 AM »
Bags of character in that, I'm sure your friend will love it, it's a great gift.
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Re: Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2020, 08:29:07 PM »
I've come back to this piece several times, the colour and grain patterns, it's almost a picture but try as I might, I cannot see it but I keep trying.
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Re: Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2020, 10:23:36 AM »
I've come back to this piece several times, the colour and grain patterns, it's almost a picture but try as I might, I cannot see it but I keep trying.

Sorry I am not sure what you mean by this. Here is Spain a lot of the fruit trees are grafted onto other stock and sometimes as a result the trunk bends at 90 degrees this is why I called it a knee.

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Re: Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2020, 10:58:13 AM »
Bryan is seeing pictures oin the grain of the wood. In rthis case I see a face.

Looks like a miserable old git Bryan.

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Re: Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2020, 12:22:42 PM »
Pete, now you mention it, I can see a head/face. However originally I was seeing a meandering river in a landscape at sunset.

I think I prefer the river scene myself though....
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Re: Almond knee NE bowl / platter
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2020, 03:11:06 PM »
I see a female sunbathing on her tummy!!!!! Must say something about how my brain functions!!
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