I had a piece of cherry that I cut down into smaller bowl blanks to use for a woodturning class that I was teaching.  When I was done, I found a cutoff piece that wasn’t really big enough to use for a large project, but it was too big to be thrown away.  I chucked it up and figured I’d see what I could make from it.  I really was just playing around, thinking I’d make something that might be good for holding desk supplies, pens, or maybe the tubes of chap stick that one daughter always seems to need.  (Yes, Jenny, I’m talking about you!)  If nothing else, I’d turn it into shavings, just to watch them fly off the lathe.  When I put the coat of black on it to start the paint pouring process, I realized I had actually created a mini cauldron.

Funny how your mind works sometimes.  Here I am thinking about all the crap my ex-wife is pulling these days and the next thing you know, out pops a witch’s accessory.  That Freud guy may have been on to something…

Not sure why, but I kinda like this little guy!