Pine root vase.

I tripped over this rotten old root for about a year while walking my dog in the woods. I finally picked it up one day and brought it home. When I cut one end square, bright red wood was revealed, along with the smell of pine sap. After six months this piece is still sticky and smells of sap. About 8" tall and finished with lacquer that the pine sap keeps melting away.

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John Shortell

Registered: August 2009
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Date: Sun August 23, 2009
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Don Andrews

NICE I like it! You might try asking in the finishing section, I think I have read that if you wash the piece with acetone before you finish it will stop the bleed through, but check with the "experts" first.

Don

#1 Wed August 26, 2009 12:12pm

John Shortell

Thanks Don, I tried that. This seems to be some sort of reservoir for the sap. At least it always smells nice.

#2 Wed August 26, 2009 12:42pm