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C147 --- $250.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 10"
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: sipo

view 1: grenedilla, canary, paela, ebony veneer, BOX

view 2: sycamore, dark cocobolo, BOX

view 3: sapele, sapele, mahogany, BOX

view 4: billy webb wood, sipo, bocote, BOX

view 5: oak (small oval), kingwood, redheart, BOX

view 6: bocote, cocobolo, soft maple, BOX

view 7: bocote, tulip poplar, padauk, walnut, hard maple veneer, oxhorn, BOX

view 8: zircote over maple veneer over zircote all backed by cowtree and topped by purpleheart, then backed by mahogany, wenge, BOX

BOX: up the middle is cocobolo, paela, ebony veneer, paela, ebony veneer, purpleheart, wenge. Bottom corner wedges are cocobolo and above them is yellowheart then ebony veneer then pine(?) then wenge and little wedges of padauk. Going out from the purpleheart is paela then ? (probably purpleheart, maybe Peruvian walnut)

flaws/issues: When I took this off the lathe, I left it out as I frequrently do, before taking pics, so there was no moisture barrier and there was movement of the dark cocobolo in view 2. It drops below the rest of the surface on the top and projects out from the rest of the surface on the bottom and has a very narrow separation from at the surface towards the center of the bowl. Fortunately, it is not visually noticible on the top (although you can feel it with your finger) and does not detract from the beauty of the bowl. The paela in view 1 also exhibits some movement (again, not visually noticible but you can feel it).

comments: The combination of BOX pattern and excellence of woods throughout makes this one of my very best, I think.

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view 1c


views 1d and 8b


views 3c, 5c, and 7c

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