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B112 --- $55.00

diameter: 5 1/2"
height: 4"

finish: one application of natural stain then 3 coats of medium gloss polyurethane (no UV blocker)

comments: This was one of my earliest bowls and was an experiment in end-grain turning and was finished before I started using poly with a UV blocker. I think it turned out really well, except for the slight "muddying" of the end grain lines by the polyurethane, which I did not expect. 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 below.

The mahogany segments are all nicely chatoyant

flaws/issues: there is a slight diagonal dent in the outer rim. It's not too noticeable but I must have dropped the bowl on a corner at some point.

VARIOUS VIEWS:






(1) just 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, as you can see it has done with the oak base.
(2) just finished with polyurethane (with no UV blocker)
(3) now that it has been on the shelf for years without a UV blocker, showing how the woods have darkened from their original color.