Spalted maple tall bowl and small vase

[Josh Holden]

This bowl is 7" high by 5" wide (it's not as squat looking in person as in the pics). It's on the thick side, under 1/2", but with so many big cracks I didn't want to risk losing this piece of wood, even stabilized with CA. (It started out almost 10" tall...) All comments welcome -- I'm thick skinned and trying to get a better feel for form.

It was a lucky find -- I went to see what they had at the town compost facility, but there were no new trees. Not wanting to leave empty handed, I went to the pile where people dump rotten firewood and grabbed one plain looking log that wasn't too badly checked -- and this was inside.

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And here's a small vase from the same log. Something about the form isn't quite right to me; is the "waist" too low?

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Thanks,
Josh

[James Ashburn]

I think they both look great. I really like the small vase.

[charlie knighton]

Something about the form isn't quite right to me

it is a nice vase, to improve try to have a continous curve, you might get a french curve plastic piece in stationary dept at wally world, any time you get a straight line you are off the "established form" , if you intend to make a straight line in your form it is a design element

[Bernie Weishapl]

Both look great along with some great looking wood.

[Richard Madison]

Josh,
I like the vase too. Looks like a smooth curve to me, but can not be sure from the picture. When in doubt, I check by rolling a straight edge along the curve. It shows any flat spots easily.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Josh - nice work on both pieces! Really like the wood! Vase looks fine but with my first glance I thought the mouth was a touch to wide for the size of the foot. That's strickly my observation and could very easily just be the angle of the photo.