This one was a challenge as this piece was not very balanced and in order to do a little bowl in it I had to offset the piece on the lathe. Turned lots of air, but got the piece to where I really liked it.
These are natural edge Maple Burl stacking bowls that have spalting on them. The burl is actually a growth like a wart or cancer on the tree that have really random grain running through the growth.
This urn was done for a person who wanted it to really show the diversity of segmented turning in the form of an Urn. This was my rendering of that request.
