I turned a small hollow form from a branch of a downed tree left by the road for bulk pickup.
Here it is in the bed of my truck.
It has some pretty distinct foliage. Hopefully I can figure out what kind of tree it is.
Here it is from wikipedia.
It is called African Sumac, but I think I like Mokalaabata better.
Mokalaabata
Anyway, the branch was about 6 feet long, so I sawed off a chunck and threw it on the lathe.
I roughed it out until the walls were about half an inch thick and let it sit on a shelf for two weeks to season.
Then I put it back on the lathe and thinned out the walls to less than a quarter, polished it and gave it a quick coat of caranauba wax.