See, now you’ve gone and done it…
…first you got bitten by the turning bug, you’ve let that develop into a footless ‘rocking’ bowl, and now you’ve gone and let the extra decoration bug nip at you as well.
You’re already thinking ‘Sand blasting’, next it will be I’ll just try some colour, then piercing and carving look fun, then… well it never ends once you start experimenting and exploring just where you can take this.
Don’t stop now, John (BHT) says it looks like leather and I agree. Your description says how long it took you, more of your time awaits the next piece you decide to do that ‘something more to.’
One thing I’ll say is now you’ve started trying this, mistakes that would have normally gone in the bin become something to try new ideas on, good or bad. So post your experiments and we’ll enjoy the journey with you.