A cherry log was sawn in half and mounted asymmetrically between centers with the bark in the head stock side and a tenon cut on the tail stock side.
After the tenon was formed the piece was reverse mounted in the 4-jaw chuck and the inside removed leaving the natural edge as shown.
However, as you can see at the bottom of the picture, the bark had come off in places destroying the nice natural edge:
So, the bark was removed (It came off pretty easily and so probably would not have survived anyway):
The finished piece after sanding and waxing and oiling with Mahoney’s Oil Wax finish (walnut oil, carnauba and beeswax)
This was inspired by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtcbic9TgX0 ric47scroll