Hi Pete
This was not an easy piece to turn at all. The result I really like, yes it is perhaps what we may call ugly but for me that is it's beauty. It is natural, honest without being contrived. It is full of interest and character and I have to say and I hope you do not take offence, it is the photography that lets it down.
I more than appreciate that it is a workshop pic and not suppose to look like a gallery setting. If this piece were presented on a pure white plinth in a contemporary room it would look great., it is Wabi-Sabi through and through.