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I had started this piece several months ago and it has been drying.  It is 7.5” diameter x 6.625” tall with a 1.375” opening.  Gambel oak is very slow growing and even though this piece is only 7.5” diameter it has over 80 annual rings in it.  This tree was killed by the Bull Draw fire on the Uncompahgre Plateau in 2018.  I’ll get some more photos later and they’ll be available in the Hollow,Form Vessel page.

Hollow Form Vessel from Spalted and Riddled Aspen with Turquoise inlay.  6.25” tall x 7.00” diameter with 1.5” opening.  This piece if from the same log as the one I posted yesterday.  I’ve had it drying for a while waiting to be finished.  More pics and info can be seen on the Hollow Form Vessel page.

I had started this piece a while back and it has been drying waiting for inlay and finishing.  I got back to it and finished it today.   I always like the way turquoise looks inlayed in Aspen.  This tree had been infested with carpenter ants and most of the inlay is in the channels cut by the ants.  More photos can be seen in the Hollow Form Vessel page.

Originally I thought I would do some mineral inlay on this piece after I finished drying it, but I decided I liked the contrast of the Burl grain patterns with the irregularities in the piece and decided to leave it as is.  I finished it to 800 grit and will give it several coats of walnut oil and then buff it after the walnut oil polymerizes and drys in a few days.  I’ll get some better photos at that time and upload them in the Hollow Form Vessel page.

I got the basic shape done this morning and most of the hollowing done this afternoon.  In the next few days I’ll get the wall thickness to where I want it for the drying period.   The Burl has some beautiful grain patterns which should really come out in the finishing phases.