If you want to experience wonder, look down into the inside of this bowl. Let your eyes follow the holographic ripple while enjoying the pattern of the spalting. For me its a mystical experience, like a glimpse of the magic of the natural world made solid
My part in this was simple. I made a choice about how I would orient the wood on the lathe before I turned it and I picked a very simple clean shape that would not detract from the woods natural beauty. I also made sure that it was a joy to hold and touch, everything else is natures doing.
From wonder into wonder existence opens. Lao Tzu says. I think this bowl is a meditation point through which that transcendent thought can be absorbed.
I hope that many people will handle this bowl. It is 8"x4" and finished with a combination of polyurethane, turpentine and tung oil.
