Thread: Lilly pilly (Syzygium something or other) test pieces

Hi.
SWMBO requested some pen holders for her desk for this time of home schooling and self isolating.
I thought I would play with shapes and use a recently felled tree as the drought took its toll on our garden over the previous winter and summer.
I was quite pleasantly surprised by the colour, the bigger of the logs had some yellow through it.
The timber is very light.
I finished it roughly only sanded to 240, and the coating is melted wax from tea light candles (like I said, rough )
I'm happy, she's happy, and I'm considering some similar shapes to use as shot glasses/sipper glasses from the same timber.
Any feedback is appreciated. Like the cumquat goblets I turned last week, this is the first time I've turned in a long time and the first using my late grandfather's chisels and home made lathe.