Redwood at California in Calgary, Alberta, Canada - photo by obee1

Just made. Very nice wood, very spendy, and way soften than I anticipated. The grain is ridiculous.

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Album: Summer-2015
Category: Bike Drawings/Art
Date Posted: Jul 6, 2015 at 17:28
Jul 6, 2015
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Trail: California
Riders: Redwood

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jskiff (Jul 8, 2015 at 13:49)

My father turns and he's been at it for years, reckon he would be very jealous at how the grain turned out on this piece. Great work!

Have you ever worked with Mystic (I think that's the name of it), it's a wood that has the strangest grain, an almost pearlescent quality, it's different shades and has cross grain.

If you can find it, it looks amazing!

obee1 (Jul 8, 2015 at 16:45)

Cheers mate. Never heard of it but there's so many woods out there that the more I learn about wood the less I know......you know?

FIVE8FIVE (Jul 6, 2015 at 18:17)

What a beautiful piece, Buddy...it came out amazing!

obee1 (Jul 6, 2015 at 19:58)

Thanks five. I felt obligated to the tree not to fuck this one up. I don't come across redwood very often.

FIVE8FIVE (Jul 7, 2015 at 15:12)

I think the tree would be proud...

captainbringdown Mod (Jul 6, 2015 at 18:34)

Awesome character in the wood. Looks great.

obee1 (Jul 6, 2015 at 19:57)

I agree Isaac, the grain is hypnotizing. The smartest thing I could do was to make he design of the bowl as simple as possible. But having said that, the wood itself is way softer than I prefer for turning. Beautiful tree though.

captainbringdown Mod (Jul 7, 2015 at 12:38)

I haven't spun anything before-seems like an interesting skill that allows you to make cool things... Recently made a pretty sweet crib with Red Oak and Cherry, wood working is therapeutic. That's for sure.

nato (Oct 12, 2015 at 21:32)

Wow, that is amazing.