April 16, 2024
LARGE SPALTED MAPLE BOWL #6307 WALSH TURNING WOOD
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This LARGE bowl is made from a solid piece of American Ambrosia Spalted Silver Maple. It is 13 " in diameter, 4" high and weighs 21 ounces. SPALTING: When a log is left on the ground for a year or two, a dramatic change often takes place. A process called "spalting" occurs. Spalting is the beginning of the process w a log rots and breaks down to return to the forest floor. Fungi begin to enter the wood and penetrate deeply into it. The lines of penetration can be in wide bands or pencil thin lines, and, although most often black, other colors are not uncommon. The beeches and maples have the most dramatic spalting I have seen while walnut and cherry spalt little. Some spalted wood with pencil line spalting has a startling resemblance to a map with the black lines resembling a coastline. Florida and Mexico are not uncommonly found. I have heard this wood called "mapwood." Another common resemblance of spalted wood are "sunset" and "landscape" configurations, particularly when colors are involved. Spalting stops when the wood is cut and dried, but the lines and patterns are permanent. I primarily use four species of maple: Silver Maple, Red Maple, Norway Maple, and Ashleaf Maple (known as Box Elder which is the name I use). Silver and red maples are soft maples, but still a hard wood. Except for crotches and burls, I use them only
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