Paul Hinds bowl #C218

C218 --- $85.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 7"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: 10 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: walnut, and just above the base is thick birch veneer and then oak veneer, both of which remain a thin arcs on the bottom of the bowl in views 4 and 5

view 1: yellowheart, yew, redheart (unusually pale), BOX

view 2: staghorn sumac, billy webb wood, redheart, BOX

view 4: zebrawood, bocote, wenge, BOX

view 5: aromatic red cedar, chechem, redheart, BOX

view 6: wenge, yellowheart, Honduras mahogany, BOX

view 8: hard maple, walnut, box

BOX: bottom up; bloodwood, yellowheart, wenge, hard maple veneer, wenge, yellowheart, bloodwood, walnut, maple veneer, padauk veneer, maple veneer, walnut

flaws/issues: There is a tiny "rise" of the BOX in view 8 that you cannot see but you can just feel it with your finger. Similarly there is a tiny rise in the joint between views 4 and 5 on the outer rim that is visible if you catch the light just right and definitely perceptible to a finger touch.

comments: The wenge in view 6 was chosen for its irregular grain and it turned out extremely well; wish I had a lot more of that. The yew in view 1 seems particularly nice to me. There are some nice omega curves inside the rim.

views 5c and 1d

views 3c and 7c

views 2b and 4b

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