The Solstice Batch
While my more sensible friends were out howling at the moon, I was sitting in the shop with cups of paint and handfuls of steel wool, finishing up the latest batch of new bowls.
I roughed out this bowl a few years ago and it’s been sitting in the drying pile thinking about life since then. As I was starting to finish-turn it, I realized it was pretty badly checked (checks are the cracks that can develop as wood dries). But I really liked the piece of wood so I kept going. I normally don’t use checked wood at all, but this one has a lot of personality. I like it. I called it the Breathing Bowl since the wood is obviously still very active.