Crepe Myrtle Bowls

These 2 Crepe Myrtle bowls came from a tree that was over 60 years old and destroyed during Hurricane Gustav. The top 3 pictures are different views of a bowl that measured 13" x 2.5". The bowl in the bottom 2 pics measured at 6.5" x 4". It was "Frankenstined" back to health using a mixture of epoxy and coffee grounds. My customer commissioned me to make these bowls to give to his mother; she really loved that tree and sat under it everyday.
www.perfectwoodworks.com

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Leo Frilot

Registered: February 2007
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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Date: Mon December 22, 2008
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Keywords: crepe myrtle bowls

Comments

Chuck Beland

Leo,
Looks great I love the shape & the colors. How the heck did you do the pic???

Chuck

#1 Mon December 22, 2008 9:56am

Leo Frilot

5 pics loaded into a powerpoint slide and saved as a .jpg file. The beauty is, most of the time, the file ends up being less than 100kb.

#2 Mon December 22, 2008 10:59am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

I thought Crepe Myrtle should be good looking wood. Those will be greatly appreciated Leo. I was going to fuss a little about the straight sides of the top one, but at 13" I can see how it would work. Curious about that design, was it what was asked for or did the wood do a bit of dictating the design?

#3 Mon December 22, 2008 4:52pm

Leo Frilot

He wanted a flat bottomed bowl, and the wood kind of dictated the final outcome. I've seen younger Crepe Myrtles, but none with this kind of character. Just goes to prove that the older we get, the more character we develop. It's true for trees also. Wink

#4 Mon December 22, 2008 9:19pm

Bill Bolen

Great grain and lively colors too.Nice bowls Leo...Bill..

#5 Tue December 23, 2008 1:44am

David Hamann

love that myrtle wood. great pieces, Leo.

David Hamann [papadave] ** http://www.nanapapa99.com **

#6 Tue December 23, 2008 5:03am

Leo Frilot

Hey papa, I like your myrtlewood much better. These are from ornamental trees. Nothing like the Myrtlewoods that grow in your neck of the woods.

#7 Tue December 23, 2008 5:15am

Ed Weber

They are beautiful.
My Myrtle tree is only 5" dia truk, guess I'll have to wait a few years.

#8 Wed December 24, 2008 4:29pm