Andy Phillip found a tree burl out in the world, then decided to turn it on a lathe and make it into a sapphire dragon’s egg.
Via Andy :
This gnarly burl was another field find , I was planning on making a vase but wasn’t confident it would stay on the lathe while hollowing as some of it was quite punky , so it ended up being quite a cool looking egg … I filled the voids with Alumilite Amazing clear cast epoxy resin and coloured with Jacquard sapphire blue pearl ex powder.
Bonus video: colored pencil resin sphere:
• Woodturning – One Big Ugly Burl into a dragon egg !! (YouTube / Andy Phillip)