California Redwood Bowl

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vasmandj (Darrel) was so kind as to send me a box of wood native to his area of California. A nice 8" x 8" x approx 4" piece of redwood which I made this bowl from this afternoon and around it was packed another piece of curly redwood and a piece of mulberry and a piece of eucalyptus and some mulberry pen blanks.

Thanks again Darrel.

I picked this wood up at my P O box on Monday just over the border at the same time as I picked up a texturing tool that I had ordered .

I found the redwood a nice species to turn. Softer and created more dust than I expected but I wore dust protection.
I should have applied sanding sealer first but this time I tried lacquer first as I sometimes do and it sucked it up like a sponge for the first couple coats before starting to build . Finally got five coats on and I have a little orange peel effect that I will buff out with the three stage Beal buffer after it cures for several days.

Oh yes, I tried a little practice with the texturing tool. This was my first trial without even practicing on scrap first. Did a little decoration on the rim and the foot.

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William,
I really like this bowl. It shows off the beauty of Redwood. I like the texturing that you did around the rim and on the foot. The color is very nice and a good reflection of natural redwood. I live in Northern California on the coast and Redwood trees covers the hills all around the Bay Area. I love working with redwood, it is quite dusty and the dust can be very irritating so it is good that you wore dust protection.
 
I'm impressed William. First time with a new wood and tool and thats what you get? No wonder you are selling well. Keep up the good work and please keep sharing!
 
alphageek said:
I'm impressed William. First time with a new wood and tool and thats what you get? No wonder you are selling well. Keep up the good work and please keep sharing!
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After posting the same pictures in my own site , Darrel informed me that the wood is from a stump of 500 year old growth redwood. I was so lucky to get a piece of that .

Was the texturing tool hard to get used to ? ? ? Not for those two areas I used it on. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I just went at it and tried it. Got lucky I guess. :wink: I have heard they work best on hardwood but redwood is quite soft so I am now anxious to try it on some hardwoods.
 
That looks awesome!!

I've turn a small amount of Redwood. I have to say I'm very impressed. I really disliked working with it. Load of dust and tearout.

You make it look easy!
 
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