Myoporum Root Ball Bowl

Vaughn, I love this piece! What's the secret? How did you get it to stay in one piece...especially on the facing end in the picture? It must be stronger than it looks.

'tis a beauty, for sure. My guess would be the outside was finish-turned, then wrapped in something like shipping cellophane or tape for hollowing. The cellophane would be much easier to remove without pulling the piece apart.

Thanks, guys. It was pretty tough, and held together pretty well, but I did have one piece come loose that needed to be glued back into place after drying. It was a pretty challenging piece, especially since I'm a relative rookie in the turning world. I did a write-up of the whole project and put it on my website here. Be aware it's written is a way that non-turners will understand most of what I'm doing, so some parts may seem a bit over-simplified. Still, the pictures will tell the story pretty well:

http://workingwoods.com/roots_to_bowl.htm

(Mods, if the link is not allowed, feel free to nuke it.)