Lipstick on a PIG

Lipstick on a PIG

This was one UGLY piece of maple log that I had cut about 10 years ago, and had been sitting in my shop and was pretty dry.
Of course, I did not know how ugly this maple would be until I got into it.
It was only big enough to make a box or cut it smaller & make bottle stoppers or pen blanks, so I decided on a lidded box.

I just dyed this thing black to see if it would help it....it did some, but I wasn't happy with it, so sanded the black back on the sides of the box, and put some leftover green artisan dye I had on it........okay, at least I can work with it now. The lid was just ugly, and had this discolored area around what is the knob, and the blank did not yield enough to make a proper size knob, so this knob is part ugly maple and part black walnut! The sequential black/green lipstick features hopefully help this pig. The bottom is natural color with my signature. Diameter is 4-3/4".