Reclaimed 16/4 cherry pith plank that ended up in a 10" x 3.25" bowl. Cell phone pics don't show the deep red features of this 70+ year old stock but it's pretty all by itself with just a walnut oil finish. Might buff it out later this week but might just leave it as is.
Piece was beaded on the rim with 2 sizes and burned with a wire. Beads on the bottom are all the same size and burned with thin laminate. The 8 routed flutes were burned with a spoon pen. Thought I was going to bead the entire outside surface when I started but had a "wild creative moment" during the process and decided to flute it. Didn't like it much after burning the fluted areas but after applying the walnut oil, it "popped" nicely and I actually kind of like the results.
What I don't like is I used 2 different sizes for the beads on the rim . If I had it to do over, I'd make them the same size but I guess that's for the next one.
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