This is quite a departure from my norm, but at SWAT this year I saw a piece in the Instant Gallery that got me wondering "how did he do that?" Turned out the turner was Craig Timmerman and he was demonstrating that very piece. Needless to say I went to that demo and was so intrigued that I decided to try it out. I had a block of Eucalyptus that I won at our club and had been wondering what to use it for. It was the perfect piece of wood for this project.
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The lid is made from the "core" of the top bowl. Once done I could see it was begging for a finial - which I had never done before. I couldn't lay my hands on any contrasting wood in my shop so I used a piece of "mystery wood" that I had found turned very clean for my 1st attempt at a finial. I even managed to do it entirely with a skew, also a 1st for me! The top of the finial is intended to be a miniature of the bowl form, which I achieved with some help from my Dremel. I have already been told I didn't get a continuous curve on the thin part of it, maybe next time
The finish is one coat of Danish Oil followed by numerous coats of Deft Sanding Sealer, buffed between coats, then waxed.
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When I realized it was too deep to sand out I decided to make it a feature. One looked lonely so I added a 2nd! 
