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B165 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 9"
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: chechem
view 1: redheart, thick walnut veneer, paela, wenge, BOX
view 2: osage orange, two thicknesses of padauk veneer, paela over osage orange over redheart, redheart with sapwood, BOX
view 3: cocobol (with a VERY nice grain change), English brown oak, walnut, BOX
view 4: African blackwood, paela, sycamore, BOX
view 5: curly red maple (curl is very light), paela, a lamination of 3 layers of maple veneer and 4 layers of thick walnut veneer, BOX
view 6: sycamore (with brown streaks), osage orange, tulip poplar with a very light green color, BOX
view 7: walnut, aromatic red cedar thin, tatajujba, cumaru(?), BOX
view 8: sapele(?)< two thicknesses of oak veneer, limbli, BOX
BOX: bottom triangles are wenge and above that is padauk sided by paela sided by bocote (not the normal bocote grain pattern, but notice the tiny ray flakes). In the middle is yellowheart sided by cocobolo sided by cocobolo sided by yellowheart sided by cocobolo sided by yellowheart. At the top is padauk sided by paela sided by hard maple (showing nice ray flakes)
flaws/issues: the underside of the osage orange in view has a glue joint that is really poorly done --- too wide and with a couple of gaps in the glue. The bottom of the BOX has a very thin stress separation from the wenge in view 1 and also there is a VERY thin separation along the upper middle of the BOX.
comments: Really excellent woods throughout this one and with contrasting colors that I find particularly attractive. Unfortunately, because of the flaws listed directly above I feel I must price this one significantly lower than I otherwise would.
views 3b and 8b
views 1d and 5c
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl