These two little guys were from the wood that was left over when I cut out a HUGE red oak blank.  Since they were from the end of the log, I could already see the damage that was present, which is why I took the “good” blank from the other end of the log.  Still, they turned out better than I had hoped.  They are riddled with weird grain coloration, bug damage, and some outright cracks.  The color actually makes them look interesting, the bug damage always leaves little unexpected craters in the bowl, and the splits were filled in with red oak sawdust from the turnings and a little black CA glue.  They’re each about 6″ wide, so they’ll sit nicely on a dresser to hold loose change and “pocket stuff”.  Or…  since one of my daughter’s seems to this she has the right of first refusal on everything, they are apparently the perfect size for eyeliner pencils, mascara, lip stain, and a whole other assortment of war paint.