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B152 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 9"
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: wenge
view 1: mottled sapele, maple veneer, birch, BOX
view 2: shedua, ebony veneer
view 3: aromatic red cedar, cocobolo over ash thin over cocobolo (then the ash thin shows up as a crescent), redheart, BOX
view 4: aromatic red cedar, padak veneer, holly veneer, padauk veneer, aromatic red cedar, the 4 pieces which are, from left to right, yellowheart, ipe, purpleheart, paela and all of the aforegoing is sided by American black ash and all of that is over bloodwood.
view 5: aromatic red cedar, mottled sapele over walnut, ebony veneer, canary, padauk, paela, BOX
view 6: zircote over cedar(?) over machiche(?), ash thin, mahogany veneer, makore thin, ? (reddish brown wood), maple veneer, ?, BOX. On the bottom is oak then prima vera. To the left and right of the zircote is mahogany(?).
view 7: zircote, tatajuba, tzalam, BOX
view 8: ? over maple thin over ?, maple veneer
BOX: bottom is goncalo alves, lower middle is redheart sided by osage orange and above that is canary sided by ipe, top is African blackwood
flaws/issues: none
comments: This is the first "C2" style bowl on which I have slanted the side inward towards the base instead of having it be vertical. I really like the result so I'm sure I'll do more of these.
views 1c and 1d
views 2b and 4b
view 1c as bowl blank and as the finished bowl