I attended a woodturning class at the local Woodcraft store.  This one was focused on spindle turning hollowed objects, such as, in this case, a lidded box turned from a single piece of wood.  The class was taught by Alan Leland, the instructor who taught a Woodturning Fundamentals course in January.  I like Alan’s work and he is a good instructor (proof is that he put up with me and actually taught me some things!).

We learned a lot and the culmination was making a lidded box out of Ash.  In my case, I wasn’t interested in making the intended subject matter more complicated than necessary so didn’t dwell on an ‘artistic’ design, but focused on the fundamentals to make a good box.  Here is the result…