[sevenseventen]

It's absolutely routine for hobby and artisan turners and carvers, though. In between the first turn and the second turn, you can air dry, kiln dry, and other techniques. With air drying, you actually want to slow the drying so that it happens more evenly. Otherwise, the outside of a vessel dries faster than the inside, which splits the wood. In general, packing a vessel inside and out with wood shavings helps even the process.

I've also had great results using silica gel on smaller items, although it can be hard to scale it to larger vessels. Much faster drying than air alone, with greatly reduced distortion and cracking.