Maple Pear

My wife has a thing for fruit in artwork. Pears in particular. We have 4 pear paintings that immediately come to mind. For her birthday, I bought a set of 3 spalted maple apples turned by Jason Guest from Vancouver.

Tonight I took a stab at turning a pear from maple. The stem is turned from oak and sanded to a "rustic" shape. Here's the catch: with no dry wood on-hand, I used wet maple. I can't say my wife was happy when I told her to keep it in a paper bag for 2 months to prevent cracking.