WT #61, Hollow Form Vessel from Russian Olive with Malachite inlay

WT #61, Hollow Form Vessel from Russian Olive with Malachite inlayHollow Form Bottle from Russian Olive with Malachite inlay, sanded to 3000 grit and finished with walnut oil, CA, and Carnauba wax. 14 tall x 6. 5 diameter with 1 4 wall thickness. I placed the starting blank for this piece slightly off center from the pith so that one side of the finished piece would still have some of the bark and precambrian layer. There were also deep scars in the bark on that side that were good for the inlay in the piece.

Russian Olive Hollow Form

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fossilized dinosaur bone

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125”deep

and beeswax

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