Masur boxwood?

[Pierre---]

Hi all!

Due to the pyrale disease, I recently got some interesting (I mean big) boxwood. One of it has strange black marks, in fact little cracks:



I tried it on a bowl, 145x52 mm. Despite the cracks - not that long - the whole block is sturdy:




To enhance the rough side, I left two zones untouched by the gouge; I only took the bark off:



Any idea of the origin of the marks ? Frost crack ? But why do they stop on two special rings, as in first pic?
Thanks for the answers!

 

[Penpal]

Using this timber anyway was worthwhile making features out of failure. Well done Pierre.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Beautiful bowl Pierre.

 

[Unique]

A nice bowl

 

[hawkeyefxr]

Beautiful markings, this is the first boxwood bowl i have seen, (led a sheltered life )

 

[Grasbylee]

The markings make it an interesting bowl - well done [emoji1303]


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[Vic Perrin]

Very interesting markings on the timber

 

[fortress]

A gorgeous bowl Pierre, I love everything about it.

 

[Pierre---]

Thanks to all of you. It was a pleasure to turn, I love the weight and the silky touch of boxwood...
Really, no idea of what is the origin of the cracks?

 

[Pierre]

They look like drought cracks from years without much water allowing the wood to dry out, or they could also be storm twists (was the piece very tall?)

PG

 

[Winemaker]

Brilliant just love the cracks

 

[Graham_C]

Lovely looking bowl Pierre, fabulous figuring

 

[Bill Mooney]

A really beautiful bowl Pierre.

 

[Dalboy]

Love the effect of the inclusions it just adds to the bowl

 

[Phil Dart]

Wow. A great job with making the most out of flawed wood Peirre. A superb effect. Love it.

 

[AllenN]

Its a very nice piece Pierre. I am afraid I cannot throw any light on the origin of the cracks although given their shape some form of stress crack certainly seems feasible.