Paul Hinds bowl #B116

B116 --- $40.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 4 3/4"
height: 4"

finish: one application of natural stain then three coats of high gloss regular polyurethane (no UV blocker)

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

base: the very bottom is purpleheart: above that, starting in view 2 and going through to view 3 are aromatic red cedar, yellowheart, walnut, yellowheart, mahogany veneer, douglas fir, oak, mahogany, and a final small wedge of oak at the top (of this bottom section). From view 3, the mahogany shows up as an "X" with the oak above it and to the sides.

center: red oak --- drilled out to hold dried flowers

view 1: bloodwood

view 3: buginga

view 5: bloodwood

view 7: buginga

All 4 vertical wedges of yellow wood are yellowheart

flaws/issues: the red oak center has a stress fracture that occurred because I left it sitting around after drilling the holes --- I should have added at least one coat of polyurethane right away, but did not.

From view 4, the left side of the vertical wedge of yellowheart has a very small edge flaw that is noticible. You can see it in the bottom right corner of the pic of view 5d (the last of the pics below).

The moisture absorption that caused stress fracture in the oak center also caused some slight movement in other pieces so that when you run your finger around the circumference of the bowl, you can feel very slight ridges at a couple of the joints.

The finish is rather sloppy at the bottom of view 1 and I've included an enlarged picture of it (the first of the pics at the bottom of the page) so that you can see what I mean. This was an early bowl and I've since learned how to avoid the "drip" look on the finish. I DID go back and redo the finish on that area of the bowl, as shown in the subsequent pic below.

comments: I had originally intended that all of my bowls of this shape would be dried flower holders with the center raised and drilled out like this one. I have since changed it so that the centers are hollowed out to make the whole thing more of a goblet than a dried flower holder because the goblet shape is more versatile --- you could put a styrofoam ball into it and poke dried flowers into the styrofoam if you want it to be a dried flower holder. Anyway, the point is that this is one of just a handfull that will be available with the drilled center.

The low price on this one is mostly because of the flaws, not because I don't like it --- I think the subtle differences between the two reds of the major woods (bubinga and bloodwood) worked out the way I had hoped it would.

view 1a --- the "drip" at the bottom has been fixed, as you can see directly below

with the drip area scraped, sanded, and refinished

views 3a and 5d