I've had this little piece of mulberry wood laying around for years and I didn't want to turn just a tiny bowl, so instead I made a small hollow form box with a finial and a foot both made of black walnut. I made the finial and the foot from that same piece of wood, so I had to get creative with how I held on to each piece to complete the turning and minimize the wasted wood. I hope you can follow the process okay - I don't think I cut out anything important.

Two of the tools I use for this one are Easy Wood Tools. I'm not a huge fan of carbide scraper tools, but the curved tool works well for getting under a small shoulder so I mostly use it for that (plus, I don't have anything else that can reach under a shoulder like that). The straight EWT tool uses the same round cutter as the curved tool and can be helpful in cleaning up dips, bumps, or ridges inside of a vessel. In general, I strongly prefer the way steel cuts, but for these two tasks, the carbide tools are sufficient.

Mulberry wood is an interesting wood. It is very similar to osage orange and black locust... maybe not quite as hard as either of those, but very similar. I love the yellow color of mulberry (osage orange too) but this particular piece isn't super bright at this point. Also, sorry about the dust collector noise; it's a must for me with dry wood. I've been trying to use it as little as possible during the videos. Anyway... Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have a project idea or request you'd like to see.