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Mesquite Campanula

Titled; Mesquite Campanula

 It has been reversed in the chuck.
Pewter added. The shape, finalized, tomorrow, with good fortune...
The pewter is melted and poured into voids.
 How to mount, fill, and ready for hollowing


 It's taking shape, just what shape.
 My partner and friend has a chainsaw that simply must be used.
Here we go, the start of things, Oh how the excitement grows... Mesquite Burl with burrows created by what I believe is the "Mesquite twig girdler" 
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