Cherry Fruit Bowl

This cherry bowl is one of contrasts. The sap wood is young and has not yet absorbed enough resins and other compounds to give it the red look of mature heart wood. In my earlier turning days I would have discarded this bowl due to the crack.

However, I learned to fill it with a product called Inlace and transformed the defect into an asset. While a little hard to work with, it produces a more pleasing effect to my eye than just filling it with clear or white or black epoxy or cyanoacralate glue.

Cherry heart wood may be rather pale when first cut. However, with exposure to sunlight its color deepens to that warm rich hue we associate with antique cherry pieces. This bowl form lends itself to storing and displaying fruit.