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G16 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
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: walnut over anigre
center: Honduras mahogany (all 4 center sections) and 8 outside wedges of okoume
view 1: jagged lamination of mahogany over holly veneer over zircote over yellowheart over bubinga veneer over yellowheart. On the inside, you can see that the bubinga veneer just barely shows through and then towards the center is a light tan wood, probably maple. On both sides of the lamination is macawood and behind everything is birch
view 3: purpleheart over ambrosia maple (with an unfortunate blotch on the right side which is the only indication left of a worm track) over wenge over ?(light tan), all backed by white oak
view 4: canary over panga panga
view 5: the middle is two pieces of Honduras rosewood separated by a lamination of (top down) mahogany veneer, maple veneer, padauk veneer, maple veneer, padauk veneer, maple veneer, walnut veneer, ? veneer (dark brown wood). On both sides of the middle are redheart wedges then all of that is backed by red oak then redheart, and all of the foregoing is over maple veneer over machiche over aromatic red cedar.
view 6: canary over panga panga
view 7: two pieces of sapele slashed by aromatic red cedar, all backed by ebony veneer, aromatic red cedar, padak veneer, red oak
flaws/issues: none
comments: the sapele in view 7 is nicely chatoyant and both the walnut and the anigre in the base are both lightly chatoyant
views 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a
views 1d and 2b
bowl blank views 1b, 3b, 5b, 7b