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| Black birch a.k.a. cherry birch kuksa |
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| Spalted birch kuksa. This cup is very special since I had specially prepared the birch log for spalting. Over a period of six months, I exposed both ends of the log to the elements and the summer sun. I also left the bark intact to help hold in moisture and speed up the spalting process. And so, this beautiful wood was produced without much effort!! |
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| Sweet cherry kuksa |
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Sweet cherry kuksa beaver-tail style inspired by Jon Mac  These two twin cups are also made from the same log as the larger one from up there. This birch has a mix of gray spalting and dark brown streaks running across the wood. |
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| Birch kuksa cup |
These next two kuksas are both beaver tail style cups. The bigger one was my largest cup ever with a capacity of 20 oz. Both cups are carved in sweet cherry.
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| They almost look like a father and son! |
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The details in this wood are just gorgeous!! And the chip carving around the border enhances the beauty even further. These twin kuksas are both carved in sycamore. The wood is very clean looking, almost modern like. And to finish off my post on kuksas, here is another sweet cherry cup. I just love the way this wood shimmers under the light, very pretty! This one was a gift for my brother-in-law for helping me out and taking all these beautiful pictures. Shout out to Aleksandr Verbetsky!! :)  |
