diameter: 8"
height: 2 1/4"
shipping weight: 1lb 14oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)
finish: one coat of natural stain then 3 thin coats of dewaxed shellac then 8 thin coats of semi-gloss polyurethane (with UV blocker) topped by 2 coats of clear flat enamel to take the shine off. Note that this enamel finish sometimes (including this bowl) has a weird effect on the pics without having a similar effect on the actual bowl. What happens is that the yellow woods become noticeably more yellow (again, in the pics, not on the bowl itself) and white woods take on a yellow tint. If I color-correct the white/yellow, then the reds and purples come out very wrong, so I leave the pics the way they are, but be aware that yellows in particular are slightly more yellow in the pics than in reality.
COMMENTS: Some very nice woods in this one. The limbali on the left rim has some light streaks which give it an interesting look and the butternut crotch inside it is a good piece as well. The curve of this one is quite pleasing, I think. Quite unusually for my bowls, the layout of the woods in this one is entirely rectangular.
I ALWAYS POINT OUT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMENTED ON. THESE ARE (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) THINGS THAT DO NOT DETRACT FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE BOWL, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE I GIVE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. SO ... there is a chip-out in the mahogany in the lower left (see detail image below). This is one of the annoying things that wood sometimes does, particularly if the lathe tools are not razor sharp and this one little flaw has lowered the price from $125 to $95.
