You could call it the "Burl Bird Bath" I love watching you turn, it's amazing what you find when your done. Your knowledge of exotic wood is eye opening. Keep up the great work.
All of humanity could take a lesson from you on how to handle it when things go wrong. Thank you for showing us the proper way to handle disappointment.
What a beautiful piece this turned out to be. l love the grain of all burl wood, but this one is just stunning. You are a master of your craft and l just love watching a piece of wood become a masterpiece. This one is a winner.
A perfect name for that beautiful bowl would be "Great A'tuin"! Named after the turtle that is carrying the world on its back through space ❤ Great work, as always 🙌
I agree, the bottom burl looks like an octopus! Yet again, you are so brave...using such beautiful pieces of wood to experiment with...I wouldn't dare! Bravo!
So amazing and unique. I am glad that the fateful outcome was the use of the red mallee for the base. The marriage of these two pieces really places a focus on the beauty of the wood. And this was your goal when you started. Fabulous!
Hi Mike; WOW!! Another unique 'learning experience' for us all and from your masterful self-control (at least on camera!) I see a boot in the lower half, and reflecting that, and in homage to the path you took from idea, through the creation, overcoming adversity, to the final wonderful finished piece, my name suggestion is "Best foot forward".
A very interesting way to combine the two pieces of Burl. I love the outcome. I wpold never have thought to do this. You always give me more ideas to use.
Beautiful wood what a wood wizard you are you never disappoint look forward to every week to see what you can enthrall us with.When you put on the oil I thought it looked like avery bad acne but that is bad.How about a magical wooden puffer fish.Cheers Mike stay safe and love you're family.
Thank you for saving the exterior of the wood. Beautiful piece of art. Reminds me of an old grocery scale...but yours is much prettier. 😊 Can't wait to see you do some more resin work. On a different note: I've done some checking on the Oklahoma blackjack wood. It's a member of the oak family and is used mainly for railroad ties and fence posts. Do you think this wood might be too brittle to turn? As always, I love your teacher's heart and amazing talent.
Thank you very much Cynthia, I think blackjack would be just fine to turn, if it is a very hard wood then you would be best part turning it when it was freshly cut and then finish it when it was dry. All the best, Mike. P.S. next video is a resin piece 😀
When you produced the second burr after the bog oak broke my thought was to turn a mortice in the second piece and make a pillar with glued bog oak to raise the bowl higher, but you have achieved something far superior. A real work of art. Well done Mike !
I love the piece. Such wonderful grain is not easy to turn away, like the red part of the burl. You do like to give yourself challenges, very hard mallee, then even harder bog oak. So glad the bog oak did not cause injury when it came off. Shame the lower piece has the red wood on the underside. Well done. As you said, very distinctive. Nice piece of wood art. Dave.
Good morning Mike! Cheryl from Jacksonville FL here! Am expecting a squall line storm within the next couple of hours but I still can watch you and the beautiful bowl! Thank you! Gonna have a cuppa and watch you!
The bowl you did today is a Sun Bowl!! If Ihad those two pieces of bog oak were mine, they'd become bases for two quartz crystal clusters..no gluing needed! Hearing thunder now but no rain yet and no major wind problems
@@MikeHolton good early morning Mike!Cheryl from Jacksonville here! The Lord kept His hand over us and we got rain and a little lightning and thunder but very little damage in my part of Jacksonville! Glad you like my crystal base idea for the bog oak pieces! Looking forward to your next show!
❤So unique and beautiful! And, boy did I gasp when your first black base split and flew off! I love your 2nd base so much because can still see that beautiful heart wood that was mostly turned away for the bowl. As far as a name...you coined it yourself; "The Kraken"
I was one of those that liked the bumpy side of that big burl piece. I don't know how to do it but I envisioned it embedded in a clear resin as the base, loved the spiky look but realized it would do a number on any surface including hands..
A real little Jem. I think the change to using another piece to firm the foot was a great idea. (Better than the Bog Oak). Great contrast in colour of the piece. Well done.
Well done Mike - looks like a marriage of convenience to me 👍 I wonder if it's reversible too - if so you would pick up the rough grain more easily from the underside of the bowl and can see the red centre on the other piece if it faces the top. I think I'm going to have to find some Mallee burl myself! Bloody beautiful timber!
I should have put a bowl in the bottom so it was reversable but this has given me ideas for future projects 😀. Mallee burl is just the most beautiful wood! 😀
Great piece of work. I agree that the base reminds me of an octopus. With all the burly texture on the 2 parts reminding me of coral, how about naming it “Under the Sea.” Beautiful bowl.
Stunning piece Mike. I was so looking forward to seeing it with the dark base but beautiful as it finished. Reminds me of an old boot with sides flopping open and down. Because of that I would call it The Journey
NOOOOooooooo!!! Oh, how my heart broke along with that bog wood! What you described was EXACTLY what I envisioned when you said you'd be making a base (except, not knowing you had that gorgeous black oak, I thought walnut would be a good dark contrast). I almost wish you had glued and strapped and kept turning the oak, but I understand safety comes first, and no matter how gorgeous it was it would not have been worth an injury. It might have been interesting to scoop out some of the bottom of the base, making two bowls stuck together, so you could flip it depending on how you felt a particular day. I love that deeper red, but I don't think you could have made the bowl any shallower. It did turn out quite magnificent, even without the bog oak. With the coral look and the almost meat-like burl grain, 'Surf and Turf' might work for a name, LOL
Thanks so much Susan, I was gutted as well about the bog oak but these things happen. I will be fixing it and I have another idea how to use it. I wish I had put a bowl in the base now as I think it would have looked amazing!! All the best, Mike 😀
The bog oak was a great choice as a base ... It would have been really dramatic. The piece as it turned out is great too, of course. Lots of greatness 😂 Thanks again for the video! I am glad you are enjoying putting in all the work, because we certainly enjoy watching them!
I have never seen two cuts of wood used in such a way like you have done here. Pity about the bog oak but the end result is fantastic. The way you have put these two pieces together gives an entirely different look wherever you stand. It doesn't look like the two pieces are joined together, more like a balancing act. As for a name, I can only think of 'The Balancing Act
Was sad when the Bog Oak split, but Plan B ended up being spectacular! I can imagine a bonsai tree in a shallow bowl-shaped planter atop this beautiful piece.
I love it. You could actually display it upside down and show the red side and it would still be a piece of art
Thanks, that is actually how it is sitting right now on my desk 😀
You could call it the "Burl Bird Bath" I love watching you turn, it's amazing what you find when your done.
Your knowledge of exotic wood is eye opening. Keep up the great work.
Thanks David, all my knowledge comes from research, I like to be able to tell a story about the wood rather then just turn it. All the best, Mike 😀
All of humanity could take a lesson from you on how to handle it when things go wrong. Thank you for showing us the proper way to handle disappointment.
Thanks, life is too short to let the little things get in the way, these things happen so take the opportunity to try something different 😊
Thanks for leaving the bog oak part in the video. Makes me feel better about my turning to see a pro do what I do
This is real life and I have no intention of hiding anything. Mistakes and problems are how we learn 😁
It must be incredibly gratifying for you to look back and see the results of your work…everything is gorgeous.
Thanks Joy, I'm not sure I agree, I have made some that are a little questionable but I have enjoyed making them all lol 😊
Absolutely gorgeous!!
Thank you! 😊
What a beautiful piece this turned out to be. l love the grain of all burl wood, but this one is just stunning. You are a master of your craft and l just love watching a piece of wood become a masterpiece. This one is a winner.
Thank you so much 😀
What a beautiful piece. I really love the way it turned out. I'd call it "Unified"
Thank you very much Joyce, the title suggestion is one of the best so far!!!
That is the prettiest burl! Thanks Mike!
I think so too! 😁
Not very many words, just beautiful Mike.
Thanks Albert 😀
Call it what it is, a Beautiful, Balanced, Burl Bowl
Thanks Damien, I'm too modest to call it that myself but thanks 😀
A knotty wood bowl absolutely beautiful
Thanks Hazel 😁
That’s unique and beautiful. It’s one of those special things that is meant to be loved.
Thanks so much Lucy 😀
This project ended up being a beautiful art piece as much as a wood working project. Absolutely stunning!
Thanks so much! 😀
Burl world looks awesome.
Haha thanks Mark 😀
Wow! That is so unique! No one else going to have one.
Thanks Nana and you are right, the first and the last and impossible to reproduce 😀
@@MikeHolton Charge up on that one if you sell it. Worth it!
@@nanalefevre3670 Haha thanks Nana 😀
That bowl is just too good for words...... great job Mike....
Thanks so much Steve 😀
A perfect name for that beautiful bowl would be "Great A'tuin"! Named after the turtle that is carrying the world on its back through space ❤ Great work, as always 🙌
Another Pratchett fan, excellent!
Thanks Tom, that is a great name and as a huge Pratchett fan I agree 😀
Absolutely!@@MikeHolton
The colors are fantastic. I love that Burl the bottom half looks like a microscopic tardigrade a very, very small animal
Thanks Robert, I’m off to look it up ☺️
I'd call it the Giant's Foot. Love your work and your attention to detail.
Thanks so much 😀
I love how you find beauty and function in natural objects most of us would consider scrap. This is a great example and statement piece.
Thanks so much Barbara, I love unusual shapes 😀
I agree, the bottom burl looks like an octopus! Yet again, you are so brave...using such beautiful pieces of wood to experiment with...I wouldn't dare! Bravo!
Thank you so much, beautiful wood makes even my work look good 😊
So amazing and unique. I am glad that the fateful outcome was the use of the red mallee for the base. The marriage of these two pieces really places a focus on the beauty of the wood. And this was your goal when you started. Fabulous!
Thank you so much Wes, it was, and I love the way it came out 😀
Beautiful !! I would call it "The intrinsic beauty of gnarlyness " Glad to see a piece where that beauty stayed intact !!
Thanks for the suggestion, sometimes less is so much more, this wood is so beautiful just as it is.
I think this is my favorite piece! You artist you!
Haha thanks Kirsty, you nice person you 😀
Hi Mike; WOW!! Another unique 'learning experience' for us all and from your masterful self-control (at least on camera!) I see a boot in the lower half, and reflecting that, and in homage to the path you took from idea, through the creation, overcoming adversity, to the final wonderful finished piece, my name suggestion is "Best foot forward".
Thanks David, I have never been one to get mad when things don't go well, love the name suggestion thanks! 😀
Love red mallee! So creative!
Thank you Alicia 😊
I love that you left the texture on the piece. Almost looks like coral. One of my favorites for sure.
Thanks so much Mark 😀
This is very nice, has a natural kind of look to it.
Thanks so much 😀
A very interesting way to combine the two pieces of Burl. I love the outcome. I wpold never have thought to do this. You always give me more ideas to use.
Thank you! Cheers Jim 😀
The grain on burls is very nice a great design. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks David glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Given the path this took, I would call it "Serendipity." Another stunning piece!
Thanks Johnny, that's a pretty good name idea, thanks 😀
What a nice piece. Turned out very good despite the little 'mishap'.
Thanks so much 😀
Beautiful display piece!!!
Thanks Harold 😀
Beautiful wood what a wood wizard you are you never disappoint look forward to every week to see what you can enthrall us with.When you put on the oil I thought it looked like avery bad acne but that is bad.How about a magical wooden puffer fish.Cheers Mike stay safe and love you're family.
Thanks so much Doug, sorry for the late reply but your message was flagged as spam and put in a separate folder 😀
Lovely, I can see that on my dresser for receiving small bits or at my office reception desk area to display business cards
That's a great idea Ken 😁
I think a small dish with that red would've made a beautiful piece as well. Hope you get another one.
I have a few already waiting 😀
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers! 😄
Loved watching you make this one
Thanks! 😃
Just gorgeous, Mike. Fortuitous when the bog oak broke. Well done, Sir.
Thanks Hubert 😀
Very unique piece..beautiful ❤. I can see it standing as a very fancy tip-bowl in a restaurant or a hotel..
Haha thanks Wendy 😀
Thank you for saving the exterior of the wood. Beautiful piece of art. Reminds me of an old grocery scale...but yours is much prettier. 😊 Can't wait to see you do some more resin work.
On a different note: I've done some checking on the Oklahoma blackjack wood. It's a member of the oak family and is used mainly for railroad ties and fence posts. Do you think this wood might be too brittle to turn?
As always, I love your teacher's heart and amazing talent.
Thank you very much Cynthia, I think blackjack would be just fine to turn, if it is a very hard wood then you would be best part turning it when it was freshly cut and then finish it when it was dry. All the best, Mike. P.S. next video is a resin piece 😀
When you produced the second burr after the bog oak broke my thought was to turn a mortice in the second piece and make a pillar with glued bog oak to raise the bowl higher, but you have achieved something far superior. A real work of art. Well done Mike !
Thanks so much Colin 😀
Wow! I'm actually a little glad that the bog oak didn't work out, but I was sad to see it split. I love the design and uniqueness of it. Well done!!
Definitely an art piece. Kraken Bowl sounds good to me.
I think so too! Thanks Tim ☺️
I love the piece. Such wonderful grain is not easy to turn away, like the red part of the burl.
You do like to give yourself challenges, very hard mallee, then even harder bog oak. So glad the bog oak did not cause injury when it came off.
Shame the lower piece has the red wood on the underside.
Well done. As you said, very distinctive. Nice piece of wood art.
Dave.
Thanks Dave, I don't intentionally set out to give myself a hard time it just seems to happen lol 😀
Looking forward to seeing what you end up doing with the bog oak once repaired. Thank you.
Thanks, I have a good idea for it 😀
Excellent ideas! Thanks for sharing
Glad you like them! and thanks for watching 😀
I love it. The color of the bottom peice is so beautiful. That red is just geogous.. and the name I'd like to give it is "mine" lol.. ❤❤
Haha thanks Mary 😀
It looks like a bowl that you’d find on an altar. Such a shame about the bog oak but I think fortuatous as the same wood base looks great! Well done 👏
Thanks Ellery 😃
What a great idea. Unique!
Thank you Mark 😊
what a great looking piece.....super ideas you have !!!
Thanks so much Earl 😀
Thanks 👍. That’s quite unique,I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it. Looks amazing.
Thanks Colin, I have never seen anything like it I know that 😀
Good morning Mike! Cheryl from Jacksonville FL here! Am expecting a squall line storm within the next couple of hours but I still can watch you and the beautiful bowl! Thank you! Gonna have a cuppa and watch you!
Thanks Cheryl, hope the storm just passes you buy, all the best, Mike 😀
The bowl you did today is a Sun Bowl!! If Ihad those two pieces of bog oak were mine, they'd become bases for two quartz crystal clusters..no gluing needed! Hearing thunder now but no rain yet and no major wind problems
@@funnytime13 They would be great bases for crystal, which has given me a great idea for a project, thanks 😀
@@MikeHolton good early morning Mike!Cheryl from Jacksonville here! The Lord kept His hand over us and we got rain and a little lightning and thunder but very little damage in my part of Jacksonville! Glad you like my crystal base idea for the bog oak pieces! Looking forward to your next show!
@@funnytime13 So glad you are safe, we have had 8 storms over the last few weeks and there is so much flooding up and down the country.
Wow!!! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your thoughts as you design. Definitely a marine piece! Again, thanks 😊
You are so welcome Maria 😁
Fantastic. Love these burls.
Me too! I could turn them all day 😀
Wow it looks like a fantastic piece coral bowl would be good love it
I think so too, thanks Linda 😊
❤So unique and beautiful! And, boy did I gasp when your first black base split and flew off! I love your 2nd base so much because can still see that beautiful heart wood that was mostly turned away for the bowl. As far as a name...you coined it yourself; "The Kraken"
Thanks Audie, I will be fixing the bog oak and using it on another project. All the best and thanks for the name suggestion, it may just have to be 😀
Great looking piece that has given me an idea for a couple of “odd” pieces that I have in stock.
Go for it Edward and let me know how you get on 😁
I was one of those that liked the bumpy side of that big burl piece. I don't know how to do it but I envisioned it embedded in a clear resin as the base, loved the spiky look but realized it would do a number on any surface including hands..
Indeed, some of the spikes can be quite nasty!! 😀
Very creative. Definitely like the burl on burl better than on the bog oak. 'A bowl of two burls'
Haha thanks Roger I love the name idea, thanks 😀
Serendipity? I think you ended up with the best base; the 'mirror' effect is spot on!
Thanks James, I think you are right 😀
Great work. Definitely a piece of art!
Thanks so much Scott 😀
Very nice! I knew that beautiful red would disappear, but you made it beautiful anyway. Great job!
Thanks Shawn, I thought a bit may have been left but that is the way it goes 😀
Absolutely gorgeous ❤❤❤❤
Thank you! 😊
Nice work Mike! I think that would be a nice centerpiece on a coffee table. Take care and GOD BLESS 🙏🏻!
Thanks Stephen, I think it would as well, wonder if my wife would agree lol 😀
That's absolutely gorgeous. ❤❤🎉🎉😊
Thank you Karen 🙂
Fantastic piece, Mike
Thanks my friend ☺️
Looks like a bowl on a slipper. Great project!
It does! Thanks James 😁
Once again, you have created an amazing piece of art. Thanks for sharing, especially when failures in the wood occur.
Thank you very much Michael, I think showing the fails is just as important, there is always something to learn from them. 😀
Beautiful piece.
Many thanks my friend 😀
Excellent project.
Glad you like it Rex, all the best, Mike 😀
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️
Thank you! 😊
I would call it 'odd' in the nicest way, absolutely lovely🏆
Haha thanks Chris and I have to agree 😀
A real little Jem. I think the change to using another piece to firm the foot was a great idea. (Better than the Bog Oak). Great contrast in colour of the piece. Well done.
Thanks Peter, sometimes things happen for a reason, we will call it a happy accident 😀
Well done Mike - looks like a marriage of convenience to me 👍
I wonder if it's reversible too - if so you would pick up the rough grain more easily from the underside of the bowl and can see the red centre on the other piece if it faces the top.
I think I'm going to have to find some Mallee burl myself! Bloody beautiful timber!
I should have put a bowl in the bottom so it was reversable but this has given me ideas for future projects 😀. Mallee burl is just the most beautiful wood! 😀
Great piece of work. I agree that the base reminds me of an octopus. With all the burly texture on the 2 parts reminding me of coral, how about naming it “Under the Sea.”
Beautiful bowl.
Thanks Doug, this is probably my strangest piece yet 😁
Stunning piece Mike. I was so looking forward to seeing it with the dark base but beautiful as it finished.
Reminds me of an old boot with sides flopping open and down.
Because of that I would call it The Journey
That’s an interesting name Fiona,thanks 😁
I would call it the krackij bowl because the bottom looks like the head of a krackin from the sea. It's a beautiful piece.❤
Thanks Jodi, good name!
Great KISS (keep it simple structure) project that took very little time from your other projects.... Love it Mike...
Thanks Dale, it’s hard to make pretty wood better so best not to try 😁
Yippee it's Tuesday!
Can't wait to watch
Haha enjoy 😀
I did, thank you
NOOOOooooooo!!! Oh, how my heart broke along with that bog wood! What you described was EXACTLY what I envisioned when you said you'd be making a base (except, not knowing you had that gorgeous black oak, I thought walnut would be a good dark contrast). I almost wish you had glued and strapped and kept turning the oak, but I understand safety comes first, and no matter how gorgeous it was it would not have been worth an injury.
It might have been interesting to scoop out some of the bottom of the base, making two bowls stuck together, so you could flip it depending on how you felt a particular day. I love that deeper red, but I don't think you could have made the bowl any shallower. It did turn out quite magnificent, even without the bog oak.
With the coral look and the almost meat-like burl grain, 'Surf and Turf' might work for a name, LOL
Thanks so much Susan, I was gutted as well about the bog oak but these things happen. I will be fixing it and I have another idea how to use it. I wish I had put a bowl in the base now as I think it would have looked amazing!! All the best, Mike 😀
Thank you for the video!
My pleasure Stu
Great job as usual. I’ve never commented on you work before but have been watching your videos for a long while. Always a thumbs up.
Carl
Thanks Carl, and thanks so much for your support, all the best, Mike 😀
An amazing statement piece
Thanks so much Simon 😀
Octobowl
Brilliant Mike!
Haha love it, thanks Bob 😀
It looks like something from the ocean. I really like the way you mounted the bowl on the base. Beautiful!😊
Thank you Karen, it was way harder than I thought it would be 😁
The bog oak was a great choice as a base ... It would have been really dramatic. The piece as it turned out is great too, of course. Lots of greatness 😂
Thanks again for the video! I am glad you are enjoying putting in all the work, because we certainly enjoy watching them!
Thank you Lornacy, I love what I do and am just so humbled that others do as well 😊
That is totally cool!!!
Thanks Mary 😃
Love the video - I would name it 'The Moose' The base looks like a nice round moose's snout and the bowl is the spread antlers
Good call, I have had a couple of people refer to it as the moose 😀
Would beautiful or out of this world be a good name?. Excellent job, love your work.😍😍😍
Haha thanks my friend, all the best, Mike 😀
I think you should call it "GEORGE".... 😊...
It's stunning, absolutely BEAUTIFUL......👍.
Haha 😂 thanks
Looks cool Mike really like the rustic look
Thanks Wade, me too 😀
Really lovely. I always learn a lot from your videos.
I'm so glad! All the best, Mike 😀
I have never seen two cuts of wood used in such a way like you have done here. Pity about the bog oak but the end result is fantastic. The way you have put these two pieces together gives an entirely different look wherever you stand. It doesn't look like the two pieces are joined together, more like a balancing act. As for a name, I can only think of 'The Balancing Act
haha thanks Dave, that is a good name 😀
Was sad when the Bog Oak split, but Plan B ended up being spectacular! I can imagine a bonsai tree in a shallow bowl-shaped planter atop this beautiful piece.
Thanks Charmaine, that is a great idea I bet it would look amazing!
Very beautiful piece sir thanks for sharing 👍
Many thanks 😃
What a stunning little bowl Mike!
It’s such a pit about the big oak base, like you I think the contrast would have set it off Beautifully.
I know I'm disappointed as well but these things happen
That's really awesome! I like comparing it to the Kraken.
Thanks Cindy, it just has that look to me 😀
always a treat to watch you bring the beauty of the wood out thank you for another great video it kinda looks like coral maybe call it wood coral
Glad you enjoyed it Debra, not a bad name, thanks! 😀