This wood was found along the roadside in Forsyth County after the power company cleared overhead lines. Given the wonderful coloring you can tell it was nearing death from beetle. Beetles are really wonderful artists. This bowl is about 11 wide by 7 inches tall.
Another vase of Mimossa, this one turned up the trunk so that the pith is on either side. From this view (better in real life) it appears as if the bowl has a river running between two mountains. About 10 inches wide by 13 inches tall.
This vase was turned with the pith in the bottom of the vase and also retains some of the Cambria (inner Bark) the lighter wood and also some bark inclusions. It came from near the top of the trunk as when you look inside the vase you can see 4 or 5 limbs areas. Approximately 6×6 inches.
This wood came from a neighbors yard. In fact this neighbor has been great in making sure I had some nice piece of wood last year including some very large Bradford Pear.
This bowl is about 4 inches wide and 6 inches tall. I thought the color was very muted and decided to highlight the inside giving it a smooth gloss finish inside and a textured muted finish on the outside. For some unknown reason I feel it has a very Spanish feel and look to it.
So I learned that what is basically a trash tree was being removed from the edge of the pond behind my house. I got the tree crew to leave a few of the bigger logs.
This is an end cut where you find the pith in the center of the bowl rather than not found at all or sometimes on the side of the bowl. I think it almost looks like a kidney.
About 11 inches wide and only a couple of inches deep.
Mimosa
This bowl came from the side of our community lake. Technically Mimosa is considered a “Trash” tree and is super fast growing and just makes a mess with leaves and seed pods. I like the look of Mimosa as it has a contemporary feel with its large growth rings. This bowl was turned very fresh. It now resides in Tokyo, Japan. It is about 10 inches in diameter and 8 inches tall.