8″ x 1¾″  White Ash with burned-in decoration 
Mark Baldwin, Surry Maine                       $36.

1 
Cut a piece off a log, split it to dimensions close enough mount on the lathe, watch as the bits that don’t look like a vase fly off in a stream of pretty shavings until there it is, the shape of something to come. Burn in highlights, carefully drill out the center, apply coats of finish, sweep up the shavings. Write this note.

2 
Imagine someone somewhere making a little ritual of finding twigs, or feathers, or the limitless combinations of cuttings and pickups that make a limitless number of arrangements to put that many smiles in the eye.

Cost each: $36.00
Unit size: One of a kind