more thanks to all for the compliments...I sure never had any idea 10-12 years ago when I first got a lathe that I could do those...it just got out of hand. Now I wish I had started playing the guitar or fiddle 40 years ago....

kat...the red one is 'Pink Ivory'..supposedly a VERY rare wood from S. Africa, but there have been legal harvestings the last few years, and a lot of it is currently on the market.. It is a protected wood, however, and simplt won't ever be available in quantities. I sorta doubt I'll ever have any more at the prices they charge

The tall vase is Spalted Holly! (spalted means the wood is dead or dying and infected with micro-organisms which cause discolorations prior to total rotting...but if you catch it early enough, you get wonderful colors)