The female Sago Palms look like this around here-the top know looks like a brain! It is the size of a basketball on top of this 3' high plant while the branches cover a 6' diameter; the fronds are not soft, on the contrary-each tip is needle sharp! But you have to admire this plant-it is very prehistoric looking!
I spotted this knot on a tree-it is called a burl--
it's a thrill to turn on a lathe!
I have plans for this burl and it will end up on my lathe soon!
This is a century plant-a member of the agave ( Asparagaceae) family. This plant is 6" tall and just as wide.
This, too, has a needle tip on each of its leaves!
This is a grapefruit bowl--it has striping and orange from the molding and spalting that grows in a dying tree.
Wood turners appreciate the color
and design this brings to the finished results!
This bowl is 5 1/2" across and 4" high.
I love the ease of making this kind of bowl;
it is pleasing on every level!
Such a pretty bowl - love the orange in it. I spot a number of burls on trees in Valley Forge. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteHow pretty! That bowl is really unique. Those are some pretty crazy plants you have down there in Florida. It's like a whole different world.
ReplyDeleteWe have none of those plants either in Spokane or here in Nebraska. It's fun to learn about them. Every time I see an interesting piece of wood I tell Dennis that I'm sure you would love to turn it! The bowl is gorgeous and I love the different colors. Each one is so unique.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Nice photos ♥
ReplyDeleteI bet knowing what you can make with certain woods makes you think about trees a lot different. Very cool bowl
ReplyDeleteInteresting plants. The grapefruit wood bowl is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteWe had male Sagos, but after hurricane Andrew we had to get rid of them. They got some sort of fungus disease ... I forget the name of it. We replaced the Sagos with Robellinis. Talk about NEEDLES!!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteYour bowl turned out so cute. You sure are having fun with that lathe!
I can see the utility of a grapefruit bowl, even though I've never heard of that before. And it is gorgeous!
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