🌳Woodturning | Big Contemporary Bowl in Spalted beech

Описание: The tree that provided the wood from this project was a storm casualty from a fews ago in the village of Hinston St George. I acquired the bole of the tree in 2016 and milled it in 2017 to yield a significant amount of perfectly spalted timber.

Spalting is any form of wood coloration caused by fungi. Although primarily found in dead trees, spalting can also occur in living trees under stress. Although spalting can cause weight loss and strength loss in the wood, the unique coloration and patterns of spalted wood are sought by woodworkers.

Spalting is divided into three main types: pigmentation, white rot, and zone lines. Spalted wood may exhibit one or all of these types in varying degrees. Both hardwoods (deciduous) and softwoods (coniferous) can spalt, but zone lines and white rot are more commonly found on hardwoods due to enzymatic differences in white rotting fungi. Brown rots are more common too conifers, although one brown rot, Fistulina hepatica (beefsteak fungus), is known to cause spalting.

This contemporary bowl measure 11 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches high.

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