Vintage Wooden Bowl Spalted Maple Large Highly Figured Carved by D. Rhudy 2001

Large vintage wooden dough bowl by Darrell Rhudy, December 2001, striking highly figured spalted maple, 13 inches across by 5.5 high. Rhudy (North Carolina) was a well-known wood turner, and filled in cracks or gaps with glue mixed with wood dust, creating the distinctive black spots (and securing the wood for the future, lest a crack widen). A couple of minor age cracks; not sure what it's coated with but not varnish; could use a beeswax coating but still nice and polished, and really glows. On a delicate raised foot, and so thin you can see the sun through some of the spalting! Better for display, but obviously works well as a salad bowl. I'm pretty sure Rhudy is deceased (or a centenarian, probably).