This is a vase I made to support a metal insert with spikes in it to place flowers in.  It is colored with our latest favorite for the house.  I had to redo the top a  number of times because the color brought out lines that I needed to sand away to look right.  Gary Bingham 

This started as a very large piece of camphor wood.  It ended up as a 12 inch shallow bowl.  Lots of chips.  I needed to turn it on the outside of the lathe where I can turn items up to 24 inches.  This involved a lot of mechanical changes to the lathe.