Maple vase

The redish line is the pith or heart of the wood. This piece has beautiful grain pattern on the other side (picture below)


This vase is turned from the same red maple branch that the mushrooms are turned from. I have a few pieces left and they will probably end up as vases or weed pots. The fun of turning a hunk of wood without a specific plan is you start out with an idea but usually, for me, it ends up becoming something else in the process. This was going to be a weed pot, short and round. As I took the wood off, this vase started forming and I went with it.