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B141 --- $75.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 7"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: one application of natural stain then 2 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

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

base: sipo

view 1: aromatic red cedar sapwood, padauk, purpleheart, BOX, all over thick white oak veneer

view 3: sassafras, goncalo alves, wenge, BOX

view 4: wawabima, zebrawood, BOX

view 5: ? (prima vera?), ipe, BOX

view 6: wawabima, zebrawood, BOX

view 7: sassafras, gonacalo alves, wenge, BOX

BOX: on the bottom is bocote sided by makore sided by ? sided by maple thin. top slants are purpleheart. Top middle is, going out from the center (mirrored on both sides) cherry, wenge veneer, maple, wenge veneer, oak, bocote thin, ash thin, mahogany veneer, ash thin, two layers of mahogany veneer, ash thin, mahogany veneer, ash thin.

flaws/issues: minor void along the inner rim edge of the padauk in view 1 and a small chipout at the inner edge right next to it.

comments: the wawabima pieces are nicely flaky, one on the top of the bowl and one on the bottom and both are mildly chatoyant on the vertical outside of the rim. The redheart in view 1 is a particularly nice blood red.

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views 1c and 6a


views 5d and 8b br>

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view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl