Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-03, страница 25

tonwood from which it came. Eastern cottonwood crotch pieces, shown with corresponding projects.

14 • Creative Woodworks S. Crafts March 2004

by Wayne Fowler

show one of the planks and two finished pieces from a sister plank. The closc-up shows some of the detail in the plank. Because of the potential weaknesses in the wood, I will be using it to make more of the types of projects shown in the picture, large pieces with simpler fret cutouts. The sheer beauty of the wood will make the finished piece very easy to sell.

Box cider, particularly the burls, cuts very smooth and takes a finish of natural oils to a great low lustre with multiple applications. Because I have a great supplier, I probably do about half of mv work in this wood.

Red box elder shown with Chinese dragon and tiger projects.

Eastern Cottonwood

The eastern cottonwood boards shown in the next three photos were cut by Edgar from a log in a town dump. The

log was a very thick crotch piece and, as a result, had great character. I have used other boards from this log to cut bird

pieces, as the effect of the crotch looks very much like the feathers of a bird. The piece in the picture uses the same feature