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f119 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 4 3/4"
height: 4 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: large dark wedges are walnut, large light wedges are mahogany, small light wedges are makore
center: bottom is meranti and the hollowed out part, of which only small wedges remain, was/is walnut
view 1: from the top: mahogany, bocote, redheart, an ash thin, yellowheart, red oak, thick walnut veneer, mahogany, thick walnut veneer, oak, and all of that backed by a mahogany thin, and with walnut wedges on the outside of this view
view 3: pine?, walnut veneer, ? (blond), mahogany, cherry, pine, basswood, red oak, mahogany, red oak, ash, cherry, mahogany, ?, walnut veneer, cherry, mahogany thin, cherry, and from the middle outward on both sides, mahogany, ? (light & thin), walnut, pine?, mahogany, ?
view 5: bullseye lamination of hard maple and walnut then walnut, maple veneer, mahogany, maple veneer, cherry, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, and with tiny wedges of walnut at the sides of this view
view 7: cocobolo, thick maple veneer, mahogany thin, ash thin, mahogany thin, ash thin, mahogany thin, sen, walnut veneer, mahogany, ash thin, walnut veneer, ash thin, thick walnut veneer, red oak, and all of this backed by red oak thin, mahogany thin
flaws/issues: The meranti at the bottom inside of has developed a couple of thin cracks, but you have to peer down directly into the bowl to see them, so I consider them quite minor.
comments: Uh, well, OK that bulls-eye in view 4 maybe IS a little loud, but it sure does make for a nifty design INSIDE the bowl when you look at it over the top of view 1 (see pics below)
views 1c and 5d
views 1b, 3b, 5b, 7b
view 2c as a bowl blank, 2a raw (fresh off the lathe), and 2a with a coat of natural stain. Note how the bottoms of the laminations on both sides of this view have been almost totally removed in the turning.