This is a 19.25" Box Elder burl platter. The blank came from ACutAboveBowlCo.com they are in Utah, and owned by Kirk DeHeer and his son Gary. Kirk - being a well recognized - heck.... famous woodturner ( AAW Symposium presenter last year - and this year...he runs the Dale Nish School of woodturning at Craft Supply...teaches at John C Campbell, demos for a lot of clubs ) And Gary is a degreed arborist. So - what you get from them is wood that is rough turned, sealed and dry - ready to finish turn. BUT....more importantly it is figured and beautiful wood, in all of the species that get.
The wood - of even the same species that we have in the Southeast USA - are different. They are more dense because of much lower rainfall and slower growth. The figuring is always more intense because they have more wind....The minerals in their soil are different and I would suspect a high ph based on my time in the West and familiarity with the region. So, the colors are different - usually more intense.
Anyway....look them up and see what you think. I turn a LOT of wood from them and can give you visual examples.
T
The wood - of even the same species that we have in the Southeast USA - are different. They are more dense because of much lower rainfall and slower growth. The figuring is always more intense because they have more wind....The minerals in their soil are different and I would suspect a high ph based on my time in the West and familiarity with the region. So, the colors are different - usually more intense.
Anyway....look them up and see what you think. I turn a LOT of wood from them and can give you visual examples.
T
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