what do you see, is it art or is it firewood?

[Mike Gilley]

I got these boards from Jeff at the last Raleigh lumber run, didn't think much of them other then getting some hardwood for structure stuff.
Ran them through the planer, set them against the wall & forgot about them.
Brought LOML in to the garage a few days ago, to get her opinion on a change for my current project, when she looked at the boards and said she saw a shape.

So here's what she saw, what do you see?

So I decided to flip the boards, and switch one to the other side:

Call it art, :eusa_thin call it random cracks, :icon_scra call it firewood :dontknow:...

I think it's interesting to get different perspectives on everything.
Regards,
Mike

 

[Mike Davis]

Make a nice piece of furniture for your wife.

 

[b4man]

If those were mine, I'd frame them individually and hang them side by side. I think they are beautiful just as they are.

 

[woodArtz]

Definitely art! :gar-Bi

 

[walnutjerry]

Too nice for firewood!!!!!!!!!! I like Barbaras idea. Those boards definitely have a beauty of their own. You can't mess with mother nature.

Jerry

 

[Mike Gilley]

Yeah, I was thinking that as well, there's just a certain beauty about them. I like the idea of maybe jointing them together & make a table top out them, but the lines go completely through the boards at some points, especially in the middle, so the strength is compromised.
Still trying to figure out what to do to strengthen it up without destroying the pattern... :icon_scra:icon_scra:icon_scra

Actually LOML had the same idea as Barbara :widea:

 

[walnutjerry]

Yeah, I was thinking that as well, there's just a certain beauty about them. I like the idea of maybe jointing them together & make a table top out them, but the lines go completely through the boards at some points, especially in the middle, so the strength is compromised.
Still trying to figure out what to do to strengthen it up without destroying the pattern... :icon_scra:icon_scra:icon_scra

Actually LOML had the same idea as Barbara :widea:

Mike-----------the cracks can be filled with clear(or tinted) epoxy. If you use some cross braces (much like floor joist) underneath the table top strength should be there with no problem----------even with a 200 lb hog for the pig pickin':gar-Bi.

Jerry

 

[Mike Gilley]

Mike-----------the cracks can be filled with clear(or tinted) epoxy. If you use some cross braces (much like floor joist) underneath the table top strength should be there with no problem----------even with a 200 lb hog for the pig pickin':gar-Bi.

Jerry

That's right!! I should have thought about that since I've done the same thing to fill in knot holes.

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

Thanks for reminding me Jerry. :icon_chee:icon_chee:icon_chee:icon_chee

 

[TracyP]

I would have to say nature's art. Definitely not firewood.

 

[JackLeg]

Table top will be nice, I'm sure, but if those were mine, I'd make something vertical out of them. Wall hanging? End of a cabinet? That way it's visible and easily seen. Table top might get covered up.

M2CW

:wsmile:

 

[cpowell]

Art for sure!

Chuck

 

[Gofor]

Right now what I see is wood with the potential to be both. Looks like the final result is in your hands!!
BTW, Jeff has been known to create quandaries of this kind in the past. I think its a little known reverse effect on the flat-siders from the dark force, seeing rounded shapes best defined in flat surfaces, but I will leave it to him to elucidate, as he channels the wisdom of the wood most eloquently.

Go

 

[Mike Gilley]

Right now what I see is wood with the potential to be both. Looks like the final result is in your hands!!
BTW, Jeff has been known to create quandaries of this kind in the past. I think its a little known reverse effect on the flat-siders from the dark force, seeing rounded shapes best defined in flat surfaces, but I will leave it to him to elucidate, as he channels the wisdom of the wood most eloquently.

Go

:rotflm::rotflm::rotflm:

 

[tjwitzig]

Mike:

When I saw those the first thing I thought to use them for was as door panels in a Krenov- or Craftsman-style cabinet, either wall-hung or free-standing. They seem to be of good size, so you maybe could get doors for two or more cabinets. Let's say two nice tool cabinets for you and a bathroom cabinet for your wife :wink_smil. If they're thick enough, resaw them and get even more!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[gdoebs]

They'd make a nice door for a chimney cabinet. If they are thick enough, they could make paneled sides and the door. Post pics when you're done!

 

[jeff...]

Funny - I don't remember those two particular pieces :icon_scra But funny shapes, images and sometimes even faces happen when I play around with book match sawing. It took me a while to figure out how to do it. Sorry about those checks - Till I get more experience it's really hard for me to judge what a board will look like one the other side of the kiln.

You could stabilize the checks with clear epoxy.

I'm still waiting for Misty / Mohan / Mosey and Moose maple to show up.

Thanks

 

[DaveO]

Funny - I don't remember those two particular pieces :icon_scra But funny shapes, images and sometimes even faces happen when I play around with book match sawing. It took me a while to figure out how to do it. Sorry about those checks - Till I get more experience it's really hard for me to judge what a board will look like one the other side of the kiln.

You could stabilize the checks with clear epoxy.

I'm still waiting for Misty / Mohan / Mosey and Moose maple to show up.

A squid

A velociraptor

A grumpy old man

A Hippo

Thanks

:nah: Naw, I don't see nothing in those boards. You're sniffin' diesel fumes again

 

[nightshade]

I think they are gorgeous. I really love the pattern. I would definently try to build something with it. :icon_thum

 

[Mike Gilley]

Funny - I don't remember those two particular pieces :icon_scra But funny shapes, images and sometimes even faces happen when I play around with book match sawing. It took me a while to figure out how to do it. Sorry about those checks - Till I get more experience it's really hard for me to judge what a board will look like one the other side of the kiln.

You could stabilize the checks with clear epoxy.

No worries about the checks, they were obvious when I grabbed the boards.
Like I said, I was just looking at them for smaller items, like jigs & various internal structer pieces. Until LOML told me otherwise :nah:.

Yep, I'll definitely look at stablizing everything with clear epoxy & clamps, when I get around to doing something with them.
I think I'll use them as doors instead of a table top. Would be a better way to display the figure :icon_thum:icon_thum.

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I'll definitely post pictures when I get around to doing something with them.

Regards,
Mike

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

What kind of wood is it? My identification skills are clearly not up to par...