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B187 --- $95.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 7"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: one application of natural stain then 4 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: Honduras mahogany

view 1: canary, ebony veneer, redheart, yellowheart, BOX

view 2: chechem, chechem, BOX

view 4: ? (one white wood over another), ipe, fir, BOX

view 5: Honduras mahogany, osage orange, BOX

view 6: poplar, partridgewood, curly maple, BOX

view 8: padauk, purpleheart, BOX

BOX: from the bottom up; cocobolo, redheart, wenge

flaws/issues: A very minor point is that if you run your finger around the under-rim where it comes to a point, you will note that the mahogany in view 5 is slightly more turned down that the surrounding woods. That's due to pressure on the final sanding cutting into the relatively soft mahogany more that the harder woods. Had I not pointed it out you might well not have even noticed it, it is that minor.

comments: Doing a "C5" type bowl (the fluted, undercut rim) was a real challenge on such a small bowl as there was JUST enough leeway next to the lathe faceplate to get the gouge into the undercut area and it took a fair amount of extra time due to the tight space. I'm happy I did it, though, as I think the result justified the effort.

The fir in view 4 has some marvelous jagged swirly grain lines due to some small branchs coming into that section of the wood (they show up as dark areas).

The canary in view 1 is marvelously chatoyant and both pieces of chechem in view 2 are lightly chatoyant.

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views 5c and 5d


views 1b and 5b

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