This red oak bowl started out as a natural edge design. Unfortunately after the rough out, and DNA soaking for five days, one very major crack developed, and the piece warped considerably. This happened about three weeks into bagging. At first I was going to continue the piece as a natural edged cracked piece, well because the warping was so bad, leaving the bark in place looked really bad. I was about to throw it away, then got the hair brained idea to remove the bark, add another "split" and continue on. This piece had a lot of stress cracks as you can see, they are filled with brass. The additional holes were added to accent the cracks.
I have kind of warmed to the piece, but can't think of a proper description. Any thoughts on the description and/or comments on the piece are welcomed.
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