todays pieces

[cornucopia]

spalted beech 7" high by 6" diameter hollowed through a 3/4" hole- wall thickness of 3/16"
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o332/a-cornucopia/DSCF4657.jpg
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o332/a-cornucopia/DSCF4654.jpg
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o332/a-cornucopia/DSCF4658.jpg
beech, 6" diameter by 4" high hollowed through a 7/8" hole wall thickness 3/16" hand carved - then ebonized- terrible to try to photograph!!
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o332/a-cornucopia/DSCF4664.jpg
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o332/a-cornucopia/DSCF4667.jpg

[artme]

Wonderful pieces both! The spalted Beech is a beauty.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Ed Reiss]

Nice work Cornucopia:2tsup:

[tea lady]

Love both. :2tsup:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Mmmm.. spalted! :2tsup:

[powderpost]

Nice work. Hollow forms are fun to make, but stopping regularly to empty out is a real pain. Both nice pieces, well done. :2tsup:
Jim

[steck]

Super work!
What tool do you use for hollowing?

[cornucopia]

thank you for all your comments

I use a mixture of home made single prong tools and melvyn firmagers two prong tools.

[dai sensei]

Amazing piece of wood, must have taken a while to hollow it out.

[Sawdust Maker]

extremely nice work