Maple bowl on padauk base

I was scrounging through my wood scraps where I keep pieces too nice to throw out but not big enough for a whole project. I had a piece of birsdeye maple and a small square of paduak that looked good together, so I cut the maple into 4 squares and glued them up, and turned the paduak into a circle and glued that to the maple to form a turning block.

Finished with shellac, this small turning is pleasing and makes an attractive knick-knack.

-- Smile!