A teardrop-shaped wooden vase with a rich warm brown finish by tung oil and prominent natural wood grain, displayed on a rustic wooden pedestal against a solid black background.

A person with tattooed arms holds a round, wooden vessel with a central hole, set against a solid black background. The vessel is made on the lathe from red oak.

A teardrop-shaped wooden object with a rich warm brown wood grain, photographed on a solid black background. Hand turned in Prague on the lathe from red oak.

A handcrafted wooden hollow form with a circular hole in the center, showcasing a rich warm brown wood grain texture, photographed against a dark black background. Turned by maalstrom.studio

A close-up of a textured wooden object with a rounded, bulbous shape and prominent natural wood grain, set against a solid black background. Turned on the lathe from red oak.

Close-up of a round wooden object with a prominent circular wood grain pattern, set against a solid black background.

A wooden hollow form with a rounded teardrop shape, resting on a rustic wooden table against a solid black background. The wood has a warm honey-brown finish with visible grain patterns and a small white hand-written marking on the circular end. Turned on the lathe by artist from Prague creating under a name maalstrom.studio

A teardrop-shaped wooden vase with a textured, basketweave-like wood grain pattern, shown against a solid black background.

A close-up of a handcrafted wooden vessel with a circular opening at the top, showcasing detailed wood grain and dark stitched accents against a solid black background. Turned from red oak on the lathe by maalstrom.studio

A teardrop-shaped wooden vase with rich grain patterns, displayed on a rustic wooden table against a solid black background.

SISSI

14,400 CZK

SISSI – Red Oak Wood Turned Vessel
(20 cm wide, 27.5 cm high)

I really like this hollow form. It's been a while since I turned this shape, and I think I want to make more of them because I find them really elegant. Sissi was turned from wood I got from a tree that fell in a forest close to Dresden.

My favorite part of her is the irregular shape. There is a knot where a branch once grew, and the dark grain spreads out from it like a wave across the surface. The opening itself isn't quite round because of it either, it pulls in and flattens out right at that spot. While the vessel was drying, the biggest change in shape happened right there. Wood behaves differently around knots, and anywhere else the fibres are packed differently. It just doesn't dry the same way as clean, straight timber.

Oh, and there is a small crack by the opening. It was already there when I had her on the lathe, but instead of turning that part off I decided to leave it, because I love cracks. I put in a couple of stitches to keep it from splitting further, and I think it looks great.

Also, check out the colour. There are quite a few shades of oak in this piece. It almost looks like I used different finishes to get them, but I didn't. Sissi is treated with tung oil.

SISSI – Ručně soustružená nádoba z červeného dubu
(20 cm šířka, 27,5 cm výška)

Z téhle duté nádoby jsem opravdu nadšený. Už je to nějaký čas, co jsem soustružil tenhle tvar, a myslím, že jich chci udělat víc, protože mi přijdou opravdu elegantní. Sissi jsem vysoustružil ze dřeva ze stromu, který spadl v lese poblíž Drážďan.

Nejvíc se mi na ní líbí nepravidelný tvar. Je tam suk, kde kdysi rostla větev, a tmavá kresba se od něj po povrchu rozlévá jako vlna. Kvůli němu není ani otvor úplně kulatý, zrovna v tom místě se zatahuje a zplošťuje. Když nádoba schla, největší změna tvaru se stala právě tam. Dřevo se chová jinak kolem suků a všude tam, kde jsou vlákna uložená jinak. Prostě neschne stejně jako čisté, rovné řezivo.

A ještě něco: u otvoru je malá prasklina. Byla tam už, když jsem nádobu měl na soustruhu, ale místo abych tu část odsoustružil, nechal jsem ji, protože praskliny miluju. Přidal jsem pár stehů, aby dál nepraskala, a myslím, že vypadá skvěle.

Podívejte se taky na barvu. Je tam docela dost odstínů dubu. Skoro to vypadá, jako bych použil různé povrchové úpravy, ale nepoužil. Sissi je ošetřená tungovým olejem.