Cherry Pine salad bowl

[hughie]

Here we go a Cherry Pine salad bowl for my niece 10"x4" or 250mm x 100mm. I don't do much utility bowls etc. This came as a rough out from SA as part of a swap a fair while ago now.

[Wood Nut]

Yet another top job Hughie. I love some of the grain pattern. Your niece is a lucky girl.

Cheers

[MBM888]

:2tsup: Top job. Beautiful grain

[artme]

Exocarpos cupressiformis A partly parasitic shrub cum tree growing as high as 8 metres.
Looks a bit like a cypress pine tree, as the name suggests. Native to Tasmania.

Just in case you were interested!!:D:D



Lovely grain and a great looking bowl Hughie!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[NeilS]

This came as a rough out from SA as part of a swap a fair while ago now.

Good one, Hughie.

Hope your niece enjoys it.

But, still reckon I got the better of the swap...:)


Exocarpos cupressiformis ... Native to Tasmania.



... and the Adelaide Hills.

[dr4g0nfly]

Hughie,

Pine!

Something we turn very little of over here, for decorative or even functional items. Yew being the main exception.

Is the colour natural? I'm guessing it's where the Cherry part of the name comes from.

I like the elegance of the piece you've brought out by the use of nothing more than the simple well shaped lines.

[ian thorn]

That is a nice piece and not easy to turn and finish with the knots well done

Ian

[NeilS]

Is the colour natural? I'm guessing it's where the Cherry part of the name comes from.



Understandable deduction.

The cherry name refers to its fruit, here (http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.noosanativeplants.com.au/images/photos/600x600_Exocarpos%2520cupressiformis%25204.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.noosanativeplants.com.au/plants/224/exocarpos-cupressiformis&h=600&w=600&sz=114&tbnid=CbiK6SLEwc9hWM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=101&zoom=1&usg=__Vk8uJ2iDhlQw5OYppEXlRM4e-X4=&docid=uxPTE17lGn8tmM&sa=X&ei=_QpzUa_jK4aGiQeg6oD4DA&ved=0CJkBEP4dMBE).

The pine name refers to its shape, here (http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.apstas.com/exomultistem.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.apstas.com/sgaptas-curios2.htm&h=584&w=401&sz=36&tbnid=RJUvhIkD7yEMMM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=67&zoom=1&usg=__tiUBBOWEtU-bj6TC2KKhwQck4FA=&docid=5_wFW6J8RQgE0M&sa=X&ei=_QpzUa_jK4aGiQeg6oD4DA&ved=0CJABEP4dMA0).

Also, called native cherry.

The wood is much more like a fruit wood than a pine, and yes that is its natural colour.

[dr4g0nfly]

I don't think I'll ever get the hand of your tree/wood naming system!

[hughie]

I don't think I'll ever get the hand of your tree/wood naming system!


:U Its one of those 'you have to be there' things and the Aussie sense of humour.

[hughie]

Good one, Hughie.

Hope your niece enjoys it.

But, still reckon I got the better of the swap...:)



... and the Adelaide Hills.


Now thats a good trade when both sides believe they got a good deal :2tsup:

ps I just sent one of your pieces of Blackwood to a friend in Vermont.

[NeilS]

ps I just sent one of your pieces of Blackwood to a friend in Vermont.



That is another thing that I like about this forum; lovely pieces of wood get given, then given on again, and through this accumulate a richer story with every new recipient...:)