Birch Log Bowl 2

Here's another small birch bowl.  There's some gray streaks from very light spalting.  You can see that I let it warp as it dried.  BLO was used to pop the grain and then gloss lacquer was brushed over it.  This is the first time I've ever buffed one of my bowls - the outside is so smooth and glossy, it's unbelievable!  The inside is satin though, since I do not have any bowl buffs to buff the inside.  Honestly, I think the buffing makes it look more like plastic than wood and I'm not sure that I like the effect; whether I buff anything else remains to be seen.