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large sweet
chestnut
bowl
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This is a large piece of unseasoned Sweet Chestnut - 26 inches in diameter.
In it's pre-cut state, with all the sap and moisture, it weighed around 80kgs!
After whittling away and shaping the bowl on the lathe the wood, unsurprisingly, dried out and cracked. The cured bowl remained structurally sound however, the splits creating an aesthetically pleasing addition to its character.
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