frustrated kuska

[funky_rick]

have spent most of the day working on this.
I had a set of wood carving tools of my good lady for Christmas so thought i would have a go at carving a kuska, got a burr and started by shaping the basic bowl, then shaped the handle and carved some basic shaped detail, next started shaping the bowl a little more before i started to hollow it out. found a crack in the wood, started to cut it out on the optimistic hope that it would be shallow and not really effect the rest. have now gone at least 6 mm into my bowl and still it goes on. any advise???? really frustrated as i have spent all day getting this far.

 

[Sean Hellman]

These things happen, to the best of us.
Keep going and finish it, when it is dry and the split opens up you could always make a piece of wood to fit in it to seal. A the very worst you will have a cup to drink cold liquids from, wax makes a good sealer. Have you got any photos.