In my last post, I talked about the huge tree that fell on our house. Once the sawdust settled and the tree was cut into pieces in the driveway, I got started turning the tree into wood I can use for bowls and boxes.
Last weekend I cut a few of the large pieces into blocks that will eventually become bowls. I started with the wood that was closest to the ground when the tree was standing. The wood was beautifully spalted, which may have contributed to the trees last act of falling on our house.
I love spalted wood. The fungus that grows along the path of least resistance in the tree looks really beautiful when it is exposed in a bowl, box, furniture, or carving.
On Sunday, I realized just how much wood I have sitting in the driveway, when I created this stack of blanks from a piece of “scrap” that was left over from one of the larger chunks of tree.
I have way too much wood for me to use, so I will be reaching out to some local woodturners to give some of it away.
