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Avocado Wood Turnings by Rick Frazier

Avacado is a good wood for woodworking, and the tree produces buttery fruits. Most of the Avocado available in Hawaii is from trees that must be cut down because of disease or encroaching building. The wood is of medium brown to light pinkish color, with a closed grain pattern.

Avocado can be particularly beautiful after it spalts, which enhances the grain and adds interesting shapes and coloration. It also exhibits wavy or curly grain, and in rare instances the eye shapes of a burl.

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Avocado Burl Dish with Natural Edge and Mirrored Stand   # 020213 "Siamese Reflection".
Dish: 14" Diameter, 4" Tall. Stand: 19" Wide, 19" Tall.   Lacquer finish.
This item was sold at Under The Koa Tree
     
     
Avocado Vase with Natural Edge   # 020215 "Black Hole".
16" Diameter, 10 1/2" Tall.   Lacquer finish.
This item was sold at Under The Koa Tree
     
     
End Grain Avocado Cone Shaped Bowl   # 020214 "Tom Terrific".
5 3/4" Diameter, 5 3/8" Tall.   Lacquer finish.
     
   
 
Avocado Burl Dish with Natural Edge   # 020216 "No Smoking".
9 1/2" Wide, 10 1/2" Deep, 2" Thick.   Lacquer finish.
     
     
Avocado Calabash Bowl with natural inclusions  # 020215 "Fractured Calabash".
9 1/2" Diameter, 4 1/2" Tall.   Lacquer finish.
     
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