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Wood is becoming relatively more expensive, and the range of available species is declining as is the supply of the straight-grained wood preferred for many useful turnings. In contrast, bowls and vessels can be produced from no- and low-cost found wood.

The decline in professional turning is in part because wood was earlier the only feasible material able to fulfill particular uses. Now these and other uses can be satisfied more cheaply by using materials which do not occur in nature, notably plastic. These substitute materials can also be more practical: wood doesn’t fare well in dishwashers.