Monday, November 30, 2009

Huisache plate - $40

This is a Huisache plate, again from the same tree and it is either a deep plate or a very shallow bowl. It has a double bead rim and is 7.5 in wide by 1 in tall. It is not perfectly round due to the natural movement of the wood, but has great exable of the variation of color of the sapwood transitioning to the red heartwood.

Mulberry form - Sold

This piece of mulberry presented many challenges to me as the bark was really hiding was was beneath the surface. The hole in the side is a natural void of the wood and the blue is real crushed turquoise which is in many of the small voids and cracks of the piece. The inside was given a semi-gloss black stipple paint coat for texture and to contrast with the smooth outside of the piece. It is 4.5 in wide by 3 in tall.

Ribbed Huisache bowl - Sold

Another Huisached bowl from the same tree. This one has a little discoloration in the sapwood but the ribbed grooves on the outside make it a neat bowl to hold. It is 7" wide by 2.25" tall.

Huisache bowl with textured rim - $70

This is another piece from the same tree of Huisache harvested a couple of years ago in College Station, TX. I was helping a friend who was helping a friend remove the tree. They told us it was mesquite but when it got there we realized it was Huisache. It was a very large tree and we cut it down and harvested as much as we could before both of our chainsaws gave out. I have had to get rid of some of it due to cracking but this peice was lucky enough not to crack and has great figure. It is 8" wide by 2.5 in tall.

Huisache bowl - $60


This bowl is sort of like a flying saucer with an undercut rim. It is a beautiful piece of Huisache (relative of mesquite and has the yellow sapwood as well as the red/brown heartwood. It is 8" wide and 2.5 in tall.