My father brought me an interesting crescent shaped piece of elm. Its about 8" tall at its highest point. Any ideas of what I could do with it or how I could potentialy incorporate it into a project?
Is this piece of elm useful?
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Banana hook stand.
That is an interesting piece of wood. Those with an artistic eye are always able to be creative with such a piece and come up with something really amazing.
Picture 1, a boot jack for 2 sizes. The number 3 or letter E. Picture 2, looks like a cresent moon on the wall. A parrot head....a prop in taxadermy, a rock out-crop in a model train display, etc.
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Definitely a crescent moon face!
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A base for some creative artwork or carving.
I'd make a picture frame. Cut two new moldings for a picture frame, roughly 20" by 8", and meld them onto this boomerang shaped piece. Use bondo or putty to merge the new sections with the bark-like natural piece. There's a guy out here who makes frames this way and they're really cool looking. He combs the beach for drift wood that has a 90 degree shape to it.
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Thank you all for the ideas!
I see pen blanks, personally. I might not be the most creative person, though... Might even get a small bowl blank out of that... for something like a jewelry dish or something.
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No worries! A friend recommended globes for ornaments, but I think I could only get 2 out of it at most.
Nice thought, only issue is that the wood likely needs to be stabilized in order to turn. Appears to be either a rub wound or a target cankor. In these cases the layer to layer bond is other weaker than common growth ring to growth ring.