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B163 --- $90.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 8 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: partridgewood

view 1: canary, birch, wenge, purpleheart, machiche, BOX

view 2: redheart, pine, fir, BOX

view 3: billy webb, bocote, paela, BOX

view 4: cocobolo, walnut, yellowheart, aromatic red cedar

view 5: sapodilla over maple veneer over cocobolo, all backed by red oak, jatoba, wenge, pine, BOX

view 6: birch, ebony veneer, birch, all over sipo, then canary, paela, aromatic red cedar

view 7: paela, redheart, thick mahogany veneer, maple veneer, purpleheart veneer, machiche, fir, afrormosia, BOX

view 8: yellowheart, mahogany, machiche

BOX: top to bottom, outer pieces are matched: cocobolo, cowtree, paela, and thin pieces of cocobolo. The upper triangle is paela and the lower one is eucalyptus over redheart and a tiny triangle of ?

flaws/issues: none.

comments: the purpleheart in view 1 is nicely chatoyant, being covered in ray flakes. The bocote in view 3 is a poor sample of that species. The redheart and paela throughout this bowl are nice, and the billy webb wood in view 3 is an excellent piece. The sapodilla in view 5 exhibits the "rare steak" coloration. The canary in view 6 is an unusually bright yellow. The base is a particularly light-colored piece of partridgewood.

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views 1d and 5c


views 4b and 6b


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