My lathe journeys. #21: ... wife's birthday present. Light-n-Dark

Bonnie has always liked the contrast between the light colored woods and the dark colors. So I decided to make something for her birthday (which is today). I started out with a somewhat tall piece but somewhere along the way it just didn’t look “right”. If I had kept with the original plan, it would have looked something along the lines of this…
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But long before it got to the finishing stage I decided to go in another direction. If you look closely, you can see it actually turned out to be two small bowls which I have stacked back together for those 2 pictures above.
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And I’m glad I did. I think it looks much nicer as 2 pieces.
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It just so happens that the lower half will nest perfectly inside the upper half and I must say it looks rather interesting this way.
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All in all, I’m pleased with the results. She had no idea I was making this for her. She only expected the usual card and we’d go to dinner in the next few days. And most importantly SHE is happy with her gift.
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They’re both just under 4” tall. The larger one is 6” across the top and the smaller one is 5” across the top. Finished with Danish oil, topped by 3 coats of rattle-can spray lacquer.
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Finally, here’s a kind of “artsy” shot :-)
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Usual disclaimer goes here. Comments, critiques, etc, etc :-)

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