End-grain maple bowl

Here's an end-grain maple bowl I turned last night. End-grain (as opposed to cross-grain) bowls are traditional in Scandinavian countries, while cross-grain bowls are more traditional in England, the US, and Australia.

I was finish-turning a dried bowl when I made one cut that was too aggressive and the whole side blew off. So, feeling like I had to redeem myself I grabbed a piece of green maple and powered through this in about two hours. The wall thickness is pleasantly consistent, and the diameter at the top is about 5 inches. The inside shape is great, and the outside shape I like except for a few nitpicky things. I also enjoy the color variation and the other small grain features. It's sanded to 400, then polished and waxed with Liberon.