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C115 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 7 3/4"
height: 2 1/4"
finish: an application of natural stain and 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: cypress
view 1: COMPLEX LAMINATION backed by yew, mahogany veneer, oak thin, mahogany, BOX
COMPLEX LAMINATION: on the very left a thin wedge of padauk and to the right of that ? and to the right of that a lamination of oak thin, wenge veneer, oak thin, wenge veneer, oak thin (sanded down to about veneer thickness). In the middle is machiche backed by padauk
view 2: tiny oval of mahogany
view 3: zircote over thick oak veneer over cocobolo, mahogany, sycamore, mahogany thin, BOX
view 5: COMPLEX LAMINATION, oak thin, mahogany, BOX
COMPLEX LAMINATION: both sides mahogany over osage orange, both backed by bocote, holly veneer, bocote. To the left of middle, cherry thin, thick mahogany veneer, oak thin, wenge veneer, ash thin, thick mahogany veneer, mahogany thin. TO the right of middle ? then mahogany. All of the middle sections are backed by aromatic red cedar
view 7: bocote, tulip poplar with green color, padauk, sycamore, mahogany thin, BOX
BOX: on the bottom, 4 pieces of pine --- upper middle is wenge sided by prima vera
flaws/issues: none
comments: I think the tiny oval of mahogany in view 2 would have been better off on the shop floor as a shaving, but I must not have thought so when it was on the lathe. Note how all three large pieces of mahogany are significantly different from each other. I don't generally keep track of mahogany subspecies, but I believe that the view 5 piece is African, the view 1 piece is Honduran, and I'm not sure about the view 3 piece; probably one of the many African species since it looks somewhat like sapele. The sycamore pieces in this bowl are very NON-flaky --- so much so that they almost don't look like sycamore, but I think they were a good choice for the contrasts in this bowl.
views 4b and 5d
views 2a, 7a, 8a