Darrell Feltmate said:

Nice work Greg. My wife keeps threatening that I need to some more segmented
work. Not my thing but I love to see it done.

Thanks, Darrell.
It's easier for me to get milled lumber than to find felled trees
around here - one reason I do a lot of segmented stuff. I've only spun
a few spalted birch, pear, magnolia, and cherry green wood turnings.
And they were mostly, at first anyway, limbs downed in storms. Just
for practice, you know. Many warped or split, or were just plain ugly.
Tension wood isn't so good for turning anything permanent.

I've been tempted to drive out to rural areas and look for freshly
downed trees to cut up before the firewood guys/property owners show
up. I love the unbroken, organic look of natural woods as well as the
methodical, ordered appearance of segmented turnings - possibly more.
Also, my chainsaw is only a 14 incher. So, alas, no birdseye elm for
me. I can't even find spalted sweetgum or hackberry. I wanted to try
some alabaster, but can't find it locally either. No artists or
sculptors around here, apparently.

As for the wife's desires, what is that old bromide?
No one is happy unless mom is happy? ;-)


Greg G.