Here's a piece I did to enter in The Great Geauga County Fair. It won a blue ribbon but shortly after, it was on display at an outdoor event and a freak storm showed up and blew it off the stand.
The flared disk under the body broke in half and broke my heart.
Took me a year to figure out how to fix it.
Ended up removing the stem, turning away the flare, making a new one, and putting humpty dumpty back together again.
Anyway....all is right with the world again.
Oak burl, walnut, and cherry. Finished in gloss lacquer.