Woodturning - Battle-Scarred Live Edge Apricot Bowl

As the quote at the beginning of this woodturning video says: “Scars are just reminders that you are stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.” (Unknown).
This Colorado Apricot tree looks like it has been through some battles! I’m not sure how it grew like this, with parts of the heartwood and sapwood wrapped around horizontal branch extrusions. Or maybe they were intrusions? I don’t know, but the resulting piece of wood was weird!
I decided to keep the rim as untouched as possible because it’s just so interesting. Basic woodturning techniques produced the finished bowl you’ll see at the very end of the video. It’s certainly got a lot of character.
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00:10 - Cutting the tenon
00:20 - Mounting the log
00:43 - First Cuts
02:05 - Making the bottom taper
03:51 - Making the tenon for the chuck
05:46 - Sawing off the excess tenon
06:15 - Mounting the chuck and piece
07:26 - Shaping the bowl
09:56 - Hollowing the bowl
11:18 - Sanding
11:48 - Applying oil
13:15 - Cutting off the tenon
13:37 - Sanding off the tenon excess
14:05 - Final piece

[@lyndaowen2154]

Looks very nice

[@donnamorgan5048]

I love the live edge and imperfections

[@CASWoodcraft]

Thanks, Donna! I do too!

[@waltwhybrewwoodworking]

My kind of bowl. 😃

[@user-mw3br7hf9g]

beauty

[@DaveTerpstra]

The inside of the bowl is magical. Really great contours. Great project!!

[@CASWoodcraft]

Thank you!

[@user-ny2dx6tw9b]

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[@mnp1964]

Very nice now what are you going to put in it

[@CASWoodcraft]

At this point, I don’t have enough of anything to put in all the bowls I’ve made! :)