Root Ball Mayhem! 🐲 Is It For You? - Wood Turning

An odd shape to begin but with a little chisel work, a most natural, organic piece of Mother Nature's art! Finished in shellac.
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Thank you to Tuffy Marginez for sending this along for all to enjoy!
Things I Like To Turn:
Live Edge Bowls, Natural Edge Bowls, Bark On Bowls, Firewood Pile Bowls, Natural Vases, Wood With Bug Holes, Cracked, Natural Voids, Knots, Ironwood, The Unusual become my Newest Woodturning Video Each Week!
What I use:
Bowl Gouges, Spindle Gouge, Skew Chisel, Parting Tool, Dovetail Tool, Power Sanding Disks, Sand O Flex, Howard Feed & Wax, Sanding Sealer, Shellac, Scotch Brite Pads for Smoothing Finishes

[PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop]

Tuffy just sent me a picture of a Coast Tea Tree, found in the San Francisco area. Looks like this is not a root, just a part of that twisted tree! 😊

[raydriver]

It’s a turtle, Phil. There is no need to apologise for being crazy - you are in good company. Love the finish 🌞

[francespeters]

It looks like it should be in a fairy garden. Gorgeous, it looks very touchable.

[tuffymartinez]

Thank You Phil....WOW YOU actually figured out how to hold and turn that knarley dude!!!... Well Phil you must know now that you have upped my "Phil wood" searching/collecting game. The more twisted the better., ha!!! ... Over the years you have defined your style. I think, you have perfected your style of "wonderfulness" and you know exactly how to approach the un-approachable with very positive results. All of that knowledge comes from just doing & Phil YOU are doing pretty darn good. You have said in the past "I do not have an artistic bone in my body", ha. Time for you to sit back and look at what you have created with that non artistic bone of yours... You have made so much fun this afternoon and I always look forward to next Thursday....Beautiful bowl Phil ... TM
PS- It could be "Tea Tree" wood from San Francisco and not a root ball but a limb. Tea Trees are just strange trees and all over the City planted in the 20's

[chrispark]

Mother nature never fails to amaze me. I think this is my favorite.

[waynenorris]

The distance between crazy and genius is often short. You aren't crazy! It's amazing what you do with such challenging pieces of wood.

[OGNibblybits]

Nerves of steel working on that beauty.
Make sure you are wearing your safety squints!
Thank you for keeping the sides natural. It's amazing
I could look at that for the rest of my life and still be blowen away with its beauty.

[scotty]

What a beautiful piece. You took God's love and turned into art!

[timothykennedy-ic]

Absolutely outstanding…. Thanks for bringing your talents for all to see.

[ThePapa]

One of the coolest of the root balls you have turned Phil. I would say it was Phil meets nature and we win. If it was a movie it would be called "Phil Meets Root Ball"
I see the face but the first one I saw was where you pointed to an area and said you want to do something with it. Looks like one of those little bulldogs with its lower chin sticking out.
Great turning my friend,
Gary

[carolsmith]

Too see the beauty nature gives us, appreciate it without trying to alter is a gift. You have that gift and it's a pleasure to watch.😊

[brenda]

Never "boring " on this channel! Always amazing ❤

[cheryl]

We coffee folks enjoyed this one, also! Hubby loves watching your videos because you explain thoroughly what you are doing at what speed, with what tool and what you finish with. Very interesting wood pieces, too! Thank You so much.
Cheers & Blessings 👍

[AndyPhillipWoodturning]

Really cool as usual Phil .. thanks so much for the compliment it means a lot coming from you 😁👍

[robertbourke]

Fantastic work Phil. 95% of turners would have thrown it in the fire. Great result

[johndavis]

It’s a beaver!! Great result Phil, well done! ❤

[editingproofreading]

Hey you guys, please listen up. We are not doing enough for Phil. We all must share his master pieces for the world to enjoy, his ideas, skills, passion and experience. Please share his videos or send them any way you choose to get him to at least 100K subscribers. He is such a humble, skillful, energetic artist-wood turner and we all need to promote his work, any which way. Thanks a lot, and hope for 100K by Easter time. Love to all, love to Phil from Greece ❤❤❤

[celiacomeau]

My favourite pieces are the root balls...

[gwynnfarrell]

Wow, so much happening in this piece! It really is a beauty. The head you pointed out looks like it belongs to a turtle with a very elaborate shell. Thank you, Phil and Tuffy!

[chrisjohnston]

Nature at her best. Thank you for bringing it out of that piece of fog wood.