Altered Cedar Bowl

Curious why you didn't cut through one of the cracks? Or did you?

I'm relatively new to working with wood, Richard - and still very much amazed at the qualities of wood including the way it'll twist, warp, crack and split. Sometimes those things can look awful, but others I think they look interesting, even beautiful when we don't see them as faults. I've been turning some green pieces and putting them outside in the sun, wind and rain to see what kinds of shifts and splits it creates - a few I've kept, others found their way onto the barbecue... So I left the cracks in this one. I'll be more bothered if the two sections now twist away from each other so the rim's not on the same plane, which could well happen (though the wood's been thoroughly dried, so hopefully not) as it's not part of the plan! Thanks, C.

Interesting idea and clean work. It is always nice to see people playing with their designs, and not just turn same variations. There are so many plates out there coming directly from the lathe, with no modification, and somehow they all look very similar to each other. Yours brings a different concept, which in my mind only contributes to make this piece looks nicer than a lot of the them.

My suggestion would be take some wood away from the smaller part. The amount should be as much as the gap you left between them. This way you get a perfect circles, in comparison to now, where you see that the discoloration of the wood on the top part is not following through the gap but it jumps up on the smaller piece.

Well, for somebody who is new to all this. This is a darn fine piece, well done!

Thank you both! Pavle - I think the transition from one section to the other's something I want to keep exploring, in this one it's pretty abrupt, as you say - and I'm hoping to try various insertions and connections between the two (or more) in future. Really appreciate your thoughts. C