Here, the piece is approaching the finished state; everything has been roughed in. I lost a lot of pictures, but after this I sanded and fine-tuned the details; the seat was carved with a drawknife, chisels, and planes, but a lot of it's creation was by orbital sander. This allowed for the curves to flow into one another without tearing out grain.

The seat was joined by cherry dowels to the base. I felt this might not be as traditional as a tenon-and-mortise, but Christmas Eve was soon approaching (This gift was for an aunt on the Polish side, we traditionally give gifts on Christmas Eve. I don't know if that tradition is just our family, or a Polish tradition), and I had some cherry dowel leftover from an earlier project that I felt would add some nice color to the piece.

And there ya have it, one meditation stool! You use it by folding your legs underneath the stool; it's kind of a support structure for a kneeling position, like the cushioned benches at a church.