Rhus cotinus, or Cotinus coggygria, knowing in Italy like a "Scotano" o "Albero della nebbia" o like "sommacco" (Trieste side), family trees: anacardiaceae.
It's a small tree and this is the wood it came out:
Second day full immersion on elm bowl job..
finish inside bowl, waxed piece have show a couple of annoying line, due too not so good turning... and sanding as well... to do a good job i believe i need a S Line ToolRest, that allowed me to get very close to the wood while working the inside of the bowl... Guide much better the 16 bowl gouge...
IT's pity becouse those line inside the bowl are really an eyesore...
however i'll wait some days before finish cutting the hold chuck...
The bowl is 16" diameter - 7 1/2 high
produced at least 4 hour of good domestic fire chippings...
First day for this work, a bowl made by chinese elm, a beautiful tree gow up close to Appennino Mountain, around 40 years ago, been cut for some reason unknow to me.
His destination was domestic fire, i could take just one cuttedTree, the other 4 has gone.
Hasfantastic colors, showing typicalfiberelm.... Couldn't have really good finish close ringsprotruding, but line came out i like a lot, have a lot of sanding, in both direction but no way to clean the surface very fine, Wood are Not so dry.. I reised his hair, and difficolt clean after this deep tears...even few, they show like gold in a swamp.. i really like this line! Finish Outside with Wax....
A couple of month ago i found a place where parking my WoodWork...
It was free to expose my stuff, the ShopOwner didn't charge anything to me, but the agreement was that, when the Owner will get someone who rent his place i have to move out. Very reasonable
And now he have found someone who took it starting with new year...
My time in here is came to an End...
This is made with Elm and Black Walnut
And Black Poplar
And Purplehearth knobs it's 110 cm largo - 190 cm high
43" Large - 75" high
Big pieace of olive wood from South Italy
Which is quite different from the North part of Italy..
The South Italian Olive Wood have different background colours
Sometimes took a pink, some red, orange..
Really hard wood, and dense
Small library made with Elm
That is italian Plane Wood
Top table textured
But below much
Then Bubinga top table made with Three pieces
i pick up from a closed home sowmill....
They have this lumbers since 1998.... boughtto buildwooden stairs remained unsolduntil ireached thereI
Really big pieace, 82 cm diameter....
Amazing colours, woodthatreflects a lot the light
Changingthe shades
