Paul Hinds bowl #G015

G15 --- $125.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
(the bright yellow color of the piece on the left is incorrect but was necessary to get the rest of the colors to come out correct)

diameter: 7 1/2"
height: 6"

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: the upper sections are Honduras mahogany; the lower sections are:
view 1: beech backed by tulip poplar
view 3: Honduras rosewood backed by mahogany
view 5: bocote backed by tulip poplar
view 7: Honduras rosewood backed by mahogany

center: 4 center sections of Honduras mahogany and edge wedges of okoume

view 1: 2 pieces of partridgewood slashed by osage orange and all backed by leopardwood, aromatic red cedar. Below the bottom partridgewood is a tiny sliver of cowtree. To the right of the leopardwood is zebrawood (see comments below) and to the left is a tiny wedge of macawood.

view 3: paela (see comments below), Honduras mahogany

view 5: walnut in front of two pieces of black ash slashed by ?(grainy brown wood), all backed by aromatic red cedar and topped by sapele. On both sides are lamination of bocote over bloodwood over cypress, and then the whole section is on top of two layers of aromatic red cedar and all backed by aromatic red cedar.

view 7: badi, prima vera (some blue stain visible on the inside and the underneath --- I used this piece on purpose but the blue stain in this case turned out more ugly than attractive)

flaws/issues: This is one of just two bowls (out of way over 100) that I have had to make a major repair on due to a problem on the lathe. The wedge of zebrawood on the right side of view 1 is a total replacement for a piece of macawood that I mistakenly put with the grain going pretty much against the direction of the chisle. I then compounded the problem by using a moderately dull roughing gouge to take off a lot of wood when starting to turn the piece. Either of these alone would probably have been OK but the combination caused the wood to both crush and chip-out rather than cut smoothly. SO ... I had to remove what was left and smooth the edges as best I could and replace the piece, which I did with the results you see. There is a slightly poor glue joint on the right side of the zebrawood due to my not being able to get a totally flat surface upon removing the original wood. It is not particularly noticible visually, but you can feel it with your fingernail.

comments: The patina on the paela in view 3 turned off irregularly, leaving most of the piece "normal" color with the upper left quadrant, only, having the deeper color.

views 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a

views 1d and 5b

bowl blank views 1b, 3b, 5b, 7b