I like it better as a tree.

This is a piece of Eastern Magnolia that I dragged over from Georgia.


Not a particularly pretty wood. Kinda soft. Rots easily. This piece sucked to work. Very dusty. The pith was rotting and tore easily. Required way too much sanding.


I knew as I worked I'd get up in the morning, eyes swollen, sinus clogged; even with wearing a mask. Sometimes that's the way it goes.


But, I dragged it all the way to the west coast; there was no way I wasn't gonna do something with it.


Like the shape. No sure it deserved a seal on the bottom though.


Practice, practice, practice.