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The making of a Silk oak open hollow vessel

The making of a Silk oak open hollow vessel. This piece started at about a good 9" log. I turned past the sap wood and the check/chacks

  The process of hollowing. The tricky part here, is that this vessel is so small and about 11" deep, to the base.


At this point I started to add colors, of dye. The trick here is to sand as much of the dye off as your patience will allow, you can always add more, as I do all the time, until I have something I like.
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