Vessel Turned from Buckeye Burl, African Blackwood Inlay Product:Vessel Turned from Buckeye Burl, African Blackwood Inlay quartz pendulum movement

quartz pendulum movement

This sculpture was created with 1/4" steel rods

each with a peacock coin pearl drop hanging below a gold-filled post

each whimsical

Vessel Turned from Buckeye Burl, African Blackwood Inlay Product:Vessel Turned from Buckeye Burl, African Blackwood Inlay quartz pendulum movementThis vessel was turned from an especially dramatic piece of Buckeye Burl, with a soft palette of grays, whites, blacks, and some brown and orange thanks to the oxidizing of underground minerals the burl has absorbed. The patterns generated by these colors are simply spectacular, like no other burl wood in the world. African Blackwood, a member of the Rosewood family, is the premier detail wood available to woodturners, especially for finials. Bark