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It ain't a bowl. It ain't a platter. So my wife decided it would be called "table centerpiece". Wood is juniper. Finish (so far) is two coats of Watco Danish Oil Natural. About 2 feet long by a little over a foot wide. Haven't decided yet whether or not to fill the voids with epoxy resin and stones, moss, or something else. The last photo was taken for Thanksgiving dinner filled with croissants. Thanks for looking.

TZH

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Beautiful wood. If it were me, I would fill the voids. However, your wife's opinion would probably mean more :)
 

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Call it what you want but it is beautiful!
great idea. Pass the bread!!
 

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i like the last one, except i like fried chicken, so stack it up and ill be right on over…lol…..nice wooden ware…
 

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I'd call it a beautiful juniper centerpiece!

Nice piece of wood!!
 

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I'd use it as a fruit bowl! A cornucopia of the season's crisp, sweet apples, pears, persimmons, pomegranates, nuts, etc..
 

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I agree with Monte and MMH, fill the voids and make it a fruit bowl; or go with whatever the wife decides.
 

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Nice trough, platter, bowl…
My first impression was that it looked like a big steak!
I like it. Love the wood. I don't have any juniper yet.
 

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Platter/ bowl with hole. :)) great looking wood.
 

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I call it BEAUTIFUL!!
I'd fill the voids with stone or sand!!
Very pretty!!!
 

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Too shallow for a bowl and too tall for a platter? We call those in-between projects Blatters. Got a few myself turned on the lathe.

-Dave
 

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Beautiful as is. I'd leave it alone and use it for anything that you would want.

This is one of those projects that just cant be pigeon-holed/labeled. Great find and imagination with this!!
 

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I dont know about putting fruit on it. The intense cedar smell from juniper would put off the fruit. I milled some juniper from my yard for a box and the odor from the unfinished wood is nearly overwhelming. I like it but it is intense. Like cedar on steroids.
A center piece with a flower arrangement in it would be very cool.
 

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Ted,

What a wonderful vessel you have gifted to your wife.

Your imagination has obviously pleased your wife and she has graced your table with her creativity and that is a blessing which requires no label.

Very nicely done.

Work Safely and have Fun. - Grandpa Len
 

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Very good looking piece of juniper, and letting it take a natural shape like that improves it. Thank you for
sharing.
 

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Beautiful piece ! The table it's on has some striking ray fleck too !
 

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I'll second the BACON, that's the first thing that I thought of. Very cool center piece. Nice work
 

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WHATever it is it looks good nice lookin wood
 
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