I'm all choked up...

A buddy at work told me he had a interesting piece of wood for me to work with. A day or two later he handed me a two foot long piece of oak that had been choked by a vine. The vine caused disfigurement to the branch that wound up making a great vase.

The wall width is a little wider than I planned but the lathe was taking a beating while turning this huge chunk of tree, so I had to leave a little more material than I had wanted. The paper thin vessel has alluded me yet again.

This is about as large as the lathe wants to go without exploding.