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Start to finish-Cherry Burl

Eleven photos that show a Cherry Burl from the beggining through all key stages of completion.
I call this piece Anti Matter

ANTI MATTER
ANTI MATTER
Finished but now needs to dry and several coats of hand rubbed finish applied

The begining
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Starting to find form
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Taking form
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begining to hollow the peice
project4.jpg

Hollowing with stabilized boring bar
project5.jpg

working on the foot
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refining the foot
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off the lathe-what now?
project8.jpg

beautiful burl-almost done
project9.jpg

carved the foot
project10.jpg

Ebonized and oiled
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Now the wood needs to dry for a month and bring its own voice to the peice

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