Cottonwood Vase

This is another piece from the same Cottonwood tree as the bowl. This is crotch wood with some pretty nice feathering. 6.5 wide x 6 tall, lacquer finish. View of both sides.

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cfuller

Registered: November 2004
Location: North Ogden, Utah
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Date: Tue July 4, 2006
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Comments

Larry Charlot

Nice form, and I realy like that cottonwood

#1 Tue July 4, 2006 4:59am

MIKE Durham

Mike Durham

That is just a great piece of cottonwood. You sure got the best out of it. It really is a winner!

#2 Tue July 4, 2006 2:31pm

big red

aother nice piece you have there, real eye catcher

#3 Tue July 4, 2006 2:36pm

jdmathis

Great piece. Best cottonwood I've ever seen. I've always stayed away from cottonwood because I heard it was too soft to turn. Maybe I'll give it a try.

#4 Tue July 4, 2006 3:10pm

Gil

Beautiful piece, Curt.
Congrats on making the Front Page on WoW!! Thumbs Up!

#5 Wed July 5, 2006 5:09am

Rick Prevett

That lacquer finish really bring out the grain in this. Great job on a tough piece of wood.

#6 Wed July 5, 2006 7:39pm

cfuller

Thanks everyone. I've heard all kinds of pros and cons of cottonwood but never turned it before. This was very dry and although most of the wood was very bland the crotches and some areas on the outside of the trunk had some good color. It also had more 'chatoyance' (I think that's how it's spelled) than any wood I've ever turned. Being dry it turned pretty nice, very little fuzz, and sanded very smooth.

#7 Thu July 6, 2006 1:33am

Ugly Duck

Lee Goehring

Beautiful piece, Curt. Yeah, that "chatty" stuff is really a highlight on this piece. I turned some Aspen a while ago that showed it pretty nicely too, but without the curl to make it spectacular. The trees are related so that may explain that feature.

#8 Thu July 6, 2006 3:09am