I agree Derek, design wise I can see quite an imbalance and the Bulb is definitely part of that, not it's presence as such, but it's shape for sure, it lacks grace, the vase bit above is a bit too heavy in the base and would have looked better if it narrowed down a lot more, again, it lacks a certain finesse, the ebony stem would have looked best if the top bulb mirrored the bottom one, giving a better sense of balance and unity through that section, otherwise I am fairly happy with it, I didn't go silly thin with it as again, I felt it needed at least a sense of stability. The base I am actually very happy with, it a slice of Japanese Maple, Acer Palmatum, from a neighbours garden they gave me over a year ago. Thanks for a bit of constructive comment too, I really like that, and thanks Chas too, it's really encouraging when people take a minute to make a comment and makes porting up images of work worthwhile, when you see 75 views and only two comments you wonder if you made some kind of horrible mistake! But hopefully posting up our work not only lets people see what you made, but helps others to have ideas too, that is certainly how I got all my ideas, from forums and galleries of other turners work, it's nice to add a comment or two. Keeps the community spirit going as well.