Was a little stressed, so I grabbed a piece of scrap wood and a few knives and did this. Worked well to relieve a bit of stress, and the incense helps that much more.

The wood is from an old gun cabinet that was in the house when the owner bought it. It since was destroyed while outside under our carport, and then was mostly used for fire wood.

This is pretty rough at this point. The edges are somewhat smoothed out and rounded, the bowl part is a little shallower than I really want, and rough. I need to get a fine grit paper and maybe some sand or such to work out the rough points and hone the shape of the bowl more. I will likely keep working on this over time.

I don't know quite what pattern I want to put on it yet, though I may try to find my old wood burner to scribe the pattern on it when I decide what to do. Or I may try to get a couple of small carving handtools to work it out that way.