Just got a photo tent and hadn't posted pictures in a while, so I thought I 'd show my latest efforts (turning and photos). The HF is about 6" dia and 4" tall and is long leaf maple. The ring is Cocobolo and holly. I intentionally let the cocobolo dust tint the holly as it just looked too white. Some small gaps filled with epoxy and coffee grounds as I just was not ready for voids.
The finish is about 12 coats of rattle can lacquer, then buffed after curing for a week or so. The finial is also Cocobolo with a silver and jasper inset in the bottom. Turned on a Jet 1220VS that I bought about 18 mos ago.
Comments and critiques are welcome, and thanks for looking.
PS. The background IS grey. Color on the form is about correct based on the yellowish spot on the fourth pic, bt the backgrounds all look a little too blue. I used auto correct on picture 1 (the gimp) and it made the background even more blue, but brought out the figure nicely.