Spotted Pot

Jan, I like the layout and the form. Do you use tapered plugs or dowels for the spots? I think I ring above the spots might look just a bit better if it curved more like the one on your double stave pot. That pot in my opinion flows from the top around and thru the bottom. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Stuart. The construction of this pot also consists of 2 staves (top and bottom) but the wider mid section (spotted) did not look right when I wanted to curve it in as you suggest. 20 mm holes were cut in the mid-segments with a Forstner bit and the black spots (Imbuia) were obtained by cutting plugs with a 20 mm plug cutter. Careful sanding of the plugs on the lathe and even more careful tapping in with a steel hammer yielded tight fitting plugs. Several segments were lost in the process due to splitting.