Small beech bowl

Here's a small beech bowl I just finished. I like the grain pattern that results from being in the trunk near a trimmed branch. This was DNA soaked and sat for a week, but apparently not long enough because now it's 4" x 4.5".



Some of the other rough-turned bowls cracked, so I need to get more serious about my drying methods. I rough-turned a maple blank today (about 7" x 3") and soaked it for 2 hours, let the surface air dry for an about an hour, and then wrapped it with paper. Hopefully I'll have better luck with this one.