orientation view and a list of the woods a description of the middle part is at the very bottom of this page
video for bowl N043
N403 --- $95.00
diameter: 8"
height: 3 1/2"
shipping weight: 3lb 2oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)
finish: one application of natural stain and then 3 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
COMMENTS: The woods around the rim are ALL excellent and there's a lot of chatoyance (the purpleheart and, paela in particular and the yellowheart a little). The middle area was not turned down as far as it could have been, so that combined with the larger than usual base makes this bowl have a little more heft than most.
I ALWAYS POINT OUT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMENTED ON. THESE ARE (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) THINGS THAT DO NOT DETRACT FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE BOWL, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE I GIVE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. SO ... The mahogany at the top has a minor gum inclusion on the right side that shows up as a rough spot on the outer rim. The cocobolo at the bottom has a barely perceptable edge jag underneath the rim due to different movement than the yellowheart behind it.
VARIOUS VIEWS:
the bottom view and the bowl blank
THE MIDDLE
The box (that is, the middle part) of this bowl is made from some unfinished parts of very elaborate 2"-cube laminated building blocks that I made for my son when he was young. This was 20 years ago and I don't even remember what all woods I used back then, thus the many unidentified woods in the description below.
upper left quadrant: the horizontal pieces, from the bottom, are: mahogany, purpleheart, cherry, walnut veneer, maple veneer, walnut veneer, maple veneer, walnut veneer, maple veneer, padauk, hard maple thin, mahogany veneer, hard maple thin. The vertical pieces, from the left, are: padauk, mahogany, ash veneer, cherry thin, mahogany veneer, ? (light tan), ? (dark reddish brown), mahogany veneer, cherry thin, hard maple thin, thick walnut veneer, mahogany veneer, aromatic red cedar, white oak, mahogany veneer, aromatic red cedar, maple veneer, mahogany thin, and then on the right of this whole quadrant is a vertical hard maple thin.
upper right quadrant from the bottom up: padauk veneer, oak, walnut veneer, maple veneer, mahogany, oak veneer, hard maple (quartersawn surface), padak veneer, maple veneer, walnut, maple veneer, walnut veneer, maple veneer, wenge veneer, mahogany veneer, maple veneer, purpleheart, maple veneer, mahogany veneer, maple veneer, walnut veneer, maple veneer, walnut, maple veneer, padauk veneer, hard maple (quartersawn surface), mahogany veneer, oak veneer, mahogany, maple veneer, walnut veneer, oak veneer
lower left quadrant: the vertical pieces, from the left, are: ebony, cherry, ? veneer, maple, mahogany veneer, maple, oak, ? (dark reddish brown), walnut veneer, ? (dark reddish brown), ? (cherry?), ebony veneer. The horizontal pieces, from the bottom up, are: hard maple veneer, ? (dark reddish brown), ? (cherry?), ? (dark reddish brown), mahogany veneer, ? (dark reddish brown), basswood, walnut veneer, mahogany veneer, ?, mahogany veneer, walnut veneer, English brown oak, padauk veneer, ? (dark brown), mahogany veneer, walnut veneer, ebony veneer, ? (dark brown), padauk veneer, ? veneer, padauk veneer, ? veneer, walnut veneer, pine, padauk veneer, walnut veneer, ? (dark reddish brown)
lower right quadrant: the horizontal pieces, from the bottom up, are: mahogany veneer, purpleheart, hard maple, walnut veneer, hard maple veneer, walnut veneer, hard maple veneer, walnut veneer, hard maple veneer, walnut veneer, redheart, hard maple, mahogany veneer, pine. The vertical pieces, from the left, are: padauk, English brown oak, ? (dark) veneer, ? (dark reddish brown), ? (dark) veneer, ? (dark reddish brown)?, ? (dark) veneer, (dark reddish brown), gaboon ebony, mahogany, ebony veneer, ? (aromatic red cedar?), cherry, mahogany veneer, maple veneer, ? (dark reddish brown)
