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B143 --- $125.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 9 1/2"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: one application of natural stain then 3 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: padauk, osage orange, mahogany, poplar, BOX

view 2: zircote, redheart (with sapwood), soft maple, BOX

view 3: sapele, bocote, mahogany, bocote, sipo, BOX

view 4: cocobolo, osage orange, tulip poplar, walnut, BOX

view 5: canary, cowtree, zircote, maple veneer, walnut, makore, padauk, BOX

view 6: snakewood, osage orange, pine, walnut, BOX

view 7: walnut, English brown oak, cocobolo, bocote, BOX

view 8: zircote, padauk, purpleheart, BOX

BOX: from the bottom up; pine, osage orange, cocobolo, yellowheart, padauk, wenge. To the right of the osage orange are slants of padauk. From the wenge going outward are thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, snakewood

flaws/issues: In the BOX, the right-hand piece of snakewood has a hairline crack, as does the snakewood in view 6. Thin cracks like this are common in snakewood, and I used the pieces knowingly.

The padauk in view 1 has a poor glue joint which manifests itself as a thin separation on both the bottom and the top. Not particularly noticible visually (especially on top) but you can feel it with your fingernail and if it were not for this, the price on this bowl would be higher.

comments: very tricky BOX on this one --- another one of those where I have to stop and think how the heck did I DO that?

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views 1c, 3c, 5c, and 7c


views 1d and 3b


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