Have you ever had the feeling that a piece of wood was to good to be tampered with? That's the way I feel about this piece.
I have had this veneer quality "turtle back" Madrone burl in plastic for the last few months. This is a 20"x 10", 150lbs. of defect free perfection. I was going to rough it out and make a salad bowl from it but I felt the risk of cracking would be too great. I have decided to make a very thin (2 or 3 millimeter) nested set. Here's the process...
I have high pressure washed the bark clean off. I like the bark but at the thinness of the finished piece it will easily chip off. Removing the bark plus dying the top surface will give me the bark look and hopefully a nice contrast. Here is how it looks this morning. Stayed tuned to see the finished product. I should finish it late today.
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