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C171 --- $NOT AVAILABLE --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 8 1/2"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: 8 thin coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]

base: afrormosia

view 1: Honduras rosewood, Honduras rosewood, yellowheart, cocobolo, BOX

view 2: mahogany, Siam rosewood, paela, BOX

view 3: canary, Honduras rosewood, sapele, BOX

view 4: Gaboon ebony, redheart, curly maple, BOX

view 5: curly mahogany, leopardwood, cocobolo, BOX

view 6: panga panga, bloodwood, curly maple, BOX

view 7: olive, padauk veneer, olive, all over padauk over poplar, then Honduras rosewood, sapele, BOX

view 8: cocobolo, panga panga, paela, BOX

BOX: wedges up the middle are wenge, bloodwood, machiche, yellowheart, purpleheart. Up the sides are maple, sapele, Gaboon ebony, osage orange, machiche, basswood(?), Gaboon ebony

flaws/issues: The glue line where the base joins the bowl was slightly sloppy in view 1 and you can see a less than perfect joint there, but it's minor. The afromosia of the base has a couple of thin cracks in view 2 where it joins the base --- also minor.

comments: The canary in view 3 is highly chatoyant. The inner Honduras rosewood piece in view 1 is from a small plank that had just an amazing figure





views 3c and 5c


views 7c and 5d


views 4b an 7b





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