Well, it is now anyway...
This some more of the wood I recently acquired from a neighbor. Decided to try something different and used some India ink on it. Took a burner to the line where the bark starts and gave it a kinda "stitched" look.
After the ink got good and dry I put on one light coat of wipe-on poly. Seemed to take pretty good - even after the ink.
The bowl ended up 11" x 4-1/4".
All comments are welcomed.
Here's a profile shot before I did the burning: