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N31 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 9 1/2"
height: 2 1/4"
finish: an application of natural stain and 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: American black walnut
view 1: bocote over wawabima, both backed by redheart, then a wedge of aromatic red cedar, osage orange, ? (brown), pine, BOX
view 2: Honduras mahogany, padauk veneer, Honduras mahogany, yellowheart, ? (brown), maple veneer
view 3: pine, walnut (near-sapwood), pine, wormy American black walnut, maple veneer, American black walnut, pine, BOX
view 4: spalted maple, redheart, bocote, aromatic red cedar (almost all sapwood)
view 5: curly red maple, Honduras mahogany, mahogany, maple veneer, aromatic red cedar, pine(?), ebony veneer, pine, BOX
view 6: walnut, soft maple, padauk, elm
view 7: paela, aromatic red cedar, osage orange, wenge, aromatic red cedar, BOX
view 8: cowtree, zebrawood, ebony veneer, cherry, bloodwood, pine
BOX: upper middle is a lamination of thick mahogany veneer and thins. Middle thins are ash, outer ones are oak and the middle two each are cherry. This lamination is sided by very dark pieces of American black walnut. The upper sections are tzalam(?) sided by bubinga. The lower middle is zircote(?) sided by narra and below that is ? sided by cocobolo.
flaws/issues: The walnut in view 3 is wormy and I knew that when I used it --- I consider this character, not a flaw, but I list it just so there will be no surprizes.
comments: I think the angles around the rim on this one worked out REALLY well due to the V-shaped cross section of the rim. Although the rim is excellent, the box is not as pleasing to me as I had hoped for, thus the price on this one is lower than it would otherwise be.
view 1d
views 2b, 4b, and 7b
view 1c, first as the bowl blank, then raw (fresh off the lathe), then with an applicaiton of natural stain, then as the finished bowl.