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A chunk of wood, destined to become either a bowl or garbage, wrapped with clear tape, with purple-tinted epoxy beneath the tape, filling a bark inclusion in the wood. A woodturning chuck is attached to the top (eventually to be the bottom) of the blank. At far left of the wood, a careful eye might notice one end of the pith of the tree. The bark inclusion was around a branch that forked off from the main trunk within this bowl-to-be, so hopefully there will be some interesting grain within.

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A chunk of wood, destined to become either a bowl or garbage, wrapped with clear tape, with purple-tinted epoxy beneath the tape, filling a bark inclusion in the wood. A woodturning chuck is attached to the top (eventually to be the bottom) of the blank. At far left of the wood, a careful eye might notice one end of the pith of the tree. The bark inclusion was around a branch that forked off from the main trunk within this bowl-to-be, so hopefully there will be some interesting grain within.
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Dave Polaschek (he/him) (davepolaschek@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 18-Oct-2025 02:53:36 JST Dave Polaschek (he/him)

For the first time in months, I started turning a new bowl. It began as a crotch from a chokecherry tree, then I turned it roughly round, with the pith running horizontally in the bowl to be (yes, I know, that will probably cause cracking). Also, there was a bark inclusion in the blank, which I am now filling with purple-pigment-filled epoxy. If you’ve seen a yarn bowl, the bark inclusion looked similar to the curved hole in yarn bowls. At least one more pour before it goes back on the lathe.

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