I am not sure about this, I may have gone wrong.

[woodfarmer]

Decided to have a play and use an odd shaped offcut of bay wood to see how it turns. It turns well but I tried to work in a shape to give interest to what looked like a very plain wood by using its misshape to give it an unusual form. Not sure if it worked out. You will either like it or hate it. Also turned a branch stump I cut off the cherry I collected this week. Turns great wood looks great but it does like to split

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Whats important is you're flexing both your creative muscle and getting experience with both the tools and different woods. Like me you're learning early on that green turned fruit woods really like to split just when you don't want them to

 

[procell]

Seems like me you can't wait for the logs to dry out. I have a cherry bowl in my kitchen that is gradually turning oval as we speak.

Like the idea of the offset turning though

 

[dickm]

"interesting" shape - quite like it for its novelty value. FWIW, Deans biscuit factory/restaurant in Huntly has china soup bowls and plates in a very similar design. Highly individual, but you do find yourself expecting to have to catch them all the time as they look to be falling over.

 

[Grahamshed]

I really like the bay one. Very striking.

 

[Robbo3]

I'm the last person who should offer advice on style but to my eyes the bowl should just have a simple outside curve rather than several different offsets.

 

[Dalboy]

If you don't experiment you will not get anywhere with the design.

Even though the first bowl has potential in that I like the faceted outer and the smooth inner but having said that for this design I would like to see it thinner walled, also find a way of losing the foot it is too bulky and distracts from the bowl.

As for the cherry yes it does split easy ask any woodturner

I am no expert and this is only my own view. Keep playing

 

[winemaker]

nothing ventured as they say

 

[woodfarmer]

I'm the last person who should offer advice on style but to my eyes the bowl should just have a simple outside curve rather than several different offsets.

I did at one time think to make it with the one facet, But I could not see how to turn the top rim that way. It therefore has 2 facets. I turned the top rim from behind the face plate then turned it around and mounted it on the other end. It wasn't until I got to the stage shown that I decided to keep it and not junk it. In the end it sort of appeals to me enough not to throw it away. As usual wife likes it . The inside of the bowl was the last thing turned running true to the base.