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    Posted 10 years ago

    loveyardsa…
    (31 items)

    Another find. Wood bowl with carved leaves and acorns. What kind of wood does it look like? It has a zillion tiny holes in it. Very pretty carved leaves.

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    1. loveyardsales, 10 years ago
      THANKS aghcollect
    2. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      The pictures don't explode enough to even guess the type wood but I can tell you your zillion holes are man made. It is pretty easy to do with any wood if you have an air compressor, a sand blaster and some glass beads or coal slag. New wood becomes old looking instantly. Throw some turpentine on it and set it on fire then rub the fire out with steel wool. All that is left to do is the carving to bring up the original grain. City people love this stuff.
    3. loveyardsales, 10 years ago
      Thanks fhrjr2 I will try and take some better pictures. I'm about as country as you can get and I love it. HAHA.
    4. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      It is unique but should be seen as it is. The base wood is wonderful but someone had a different vision. It isn't uncommon to produce this type item. The bad part is that so many turners don't sign their work because many are one of a kind. Having one of a kind is great but if you can't identify it then it gets frustrating.
    5. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Check out the term 'Pyrography'!
      I reckon the holes are actually burnt with a poker or heated metal implement.

      The design and technique looks pretty Arts and Crafts.
      In Oz we call this pokerwork.
      "The technique of making pokerwork was revolutionised in the late 19th Century when a Melbourne architect by the name of Alfred Smart discovered that by pumping benzoline fumes through a heated hollow platinum pencil, water based paint could be applied hot to the wood. This greatly refined the production process allowing the addition of tinting and shading that previously were impossible.

      Electric pyrographic hot wire wood etching machine
      The process was further automated early in the 20th Century with the development of the electric pyrographic hot wire wood etching machine, which is still the principal tool used by pokerwork decorators."
      http://www.abc.net.au/treasurehunt/s1021454.htm
    6. loveyardsales, 10 years ago
      THANKS vetraio50 for the info. I will have to read that. I know there is a lot of detail in this bowl. I knew the elderly lady it came from and I'm sure it has some age to it but how old who knows?
    7. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      Vetraio is right this might have been produced with that method. It is an expensive and time consuming manner of doing it but is certainly an option.
    8. loveyardsales, 10 years ago
      Who changed this category to kitchen from wood work??
    9. Vintagefran Vintagefran, 10 years ago
      Its lovely. The leaves look great. Do you know what type of wood it is?
    10. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      Closer image of the bottom and interior would be helpful to try to identify the wood. I downloaded the picture of the bottom and tried to enlarge it but it blurs out before I get it where I want it. What little I can see tends to make me think the wood may be a member of the sycamore family.

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