Woodturning a bowl made of partially decayed wood and epoxy resin

I made a bowl from partially decayed wood and epoxy resin.
3 years ago I attached a partially rotten piece of wood to a piece of plywood and roughly made a bowl blank out of it and set it aside to dry.
I had actually forgotten that I still had this, but when I came across it again, I mounted it on the lathe and made a bowl out of it with some epoxy resin.
After pouring the epoxy, I removed the air from the wood in a vacuum chamber. The decayed wood has absorbed more epoxy resin than I expected, so the bowl became lower than I expected.
It was a challenging project to turn, the unaffected wood was very hard, and the pieces of decayed wood very soft because the epoxy resin had not completely saturated everything.
I finished the bowl with friction polish.
The bowl has a diameter of 25 centimeters and is 10 centimeters high.

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Great colors for that wood Hans. No, I take that back ... the colors are perfect !! Take care. -Mike

[@hbwoodturning17]

Thank you Mike, I am also surprised by the colors, especially that the decayed wood has still remained black despite the red epoxy that I used. Thank you Mike, I am also surprised by the colors, especially that the decayed wood has still remained black despite the red epoxy that I used.👍

[@marjabeverwijk5630]

Mooie kleur acryl en mooie werking van het hout.

[@hbwoodturning17]

Dank je wel Marja, het is een mooi kleur combinatie geworden, het vergane hout is ondanks alle rode kleur toch zwart gebleven.

[@oneturnatatime6309]

Looks really beautiful Hans. I like the red swirling resin and the dark color of the wood. Well done 👌

[@hbwoodturning17]

Thank you Jojo, I was surprised that there were swirls in the epoxy.
I had it in the vacuum chamber for a long time.
It had already started to solidify when I removed the vacuum.

[@WoodenItBeNice]

Beautiful work as ever Hans.
Take care my friend.
Cheers, Huw

[@hbwoodturning17]

Thank you Huw.

[@ramwoods]

Gorgeous piece. Great job.

[@hbwoodturning17]

Thank you Ram.

[@WoodenItBeNice]

1st. I'll watch later Hans

[@hbwoodturning17]

Thank you Huw 👍

[@TazioCostantini]

Very nice!👋👋👋

[@hbwoodturning17]

Thank you Tazio 👍