red oak hollow spheres
Dick Coers
Turning a batch of these, plan on playing with color, color fill, and likely brush texture. These are just a few of them, more are completed, still more blocks waiting to be turned. I just never stop smiling when blowing air and water through the pores of this stuff, just seems so opposite of how solid materials should act. The growth rings and pores are giant in this log, some growth rings are 1/2" wide. The client said he planted it 55 years ago, the log he brought was 42" in diameter. Smallest form is 5" at the wide diameter, largest is 9" at the wide diameter. These are just off the chisel, no sanding, no finish. Just barely keeping ahead of the rust on the Oneway bed! Yeah I know, they are stainless now, but not an option in '98.
