This unique and eye-catching bowl was made from spalted cottonwood. The bowl shape continues up past the wide rim, giving it a second interior rim. Spalting occurs when competing colonies of fungi invade wood and fight for territory, creating black lines, dark streaks and lighter bleached areas. This bowl would be a fabulous fruit or serving bowl, highlighting whatever you put inside it.
Top Diameter: 11-3/4”
Bottom Diameter: 3-1/2”
Height: 3-1/2”
Dr. Seri Robinson studies spalting in wood and is also a creative artists using woodturning to bring out the beauty of spalted wood. her studies include the cultural use of spalted wood through history, dating back to the 1400s when it became widely used in European furniture making. She’s also found that the spalting fungi have potential scientific uses in modern opto-electronics.
This unique and eye-catching bowl was made from spalted cottonwood. The bowl shape continues up past the wide rim, giving it a second interior rim. Spalting occurs when competing colonies of fungi invade wood and fight for territory, creating black lines, dark streaks and lighter bleached areas. This bowl would be a fabulous fruit or serving bowl, highlighting whatever you put inside it.
Top Diameter: 11-3/4”
Bottom Diameter: 3-1/2”
Height: 3-1/2”
Dr. Seri Robinson studies spalting in wood and is also a creative artists using woodturning to bring out the beauty of spalted wood. her studies include the cultural use of spalted wood through history, dating back to the 1400s when it became widely used in European furniture making. She’s also found that the spalting fungi have potential scientific uses in modern opto-electronics.
