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B112 --- $75.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 5 1/2"
height: 4"

finish: one application of natural stain then 3 coats of medium gloss polyurethane (no UV blocker)
This is one of my oldest bowls and was finished before I started using poly with a UV blocker. The bowl sat on a shelf for years before I finally got around to taking a new set of pics and putting a price on it. The woods have darkened, as shown at the very bottom of this page.

WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]

base: 4 segments of red oak on top of 4 segments of red oak

view 1 and view 5: bookmatched American black elm end grain

views 2, 4, 6, 8: mahogany

view 3 and view 7: bookmatched narra end grain

flaws/issues: none

comments: This was one of my earliest bowls and was an experiment in end-grain turning. I think it turned out really well, except for the slight "muddying" of the end grain lines by the polyurethane. It sat on a shelf for years with no UV blocker and the woods have darkened from their original color, as you can see in the pics at the bottom of the page.

The mahogany segments are all nicely chatoyant

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views 1c and 5d


views 7b (narra) and 5b (elm)

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view 1a when the bowl had just come off the lathe --- notice how the elm end grain is more sharply defined than it becomes after the application of the polyurethane. The same happened with the narra end grain. It is unusual that applying a finishing agent "muddies" the colors/grains; usually it sharpens them.


view 1a when the bowl was new and had just been finished with polyurethane (with no UV blocker) and now that it has been on the shelf for years without a UV blocker, showing how the woods have darkened from their original color.