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N53 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 9"
height: 2 1/2"
finish: one 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: mahogany
view 1: bocote heartwood backed by sapwood, canary, hard maple veneer, purpleheart (and a VERY PURPLE piece it is!), BOX
view 2: padauk
view 3: red maple (the plank was curly but this piece doesn't show any curl), oak, BOX
view 4: paela
view 5: bocote, mahogany, BOX
view 6: aromatic red cedar with heartwood over sapwood and a mineral stain in the middle
view 7: curly red maple, oak, BOX
view 8: padauk
BOX: bottom is walnut then yellowheart, top is walnut then green-colored tulip poplar. Middle is (from the left) cherry over wenge, pine over ? (brown wood, might be mahogany), yellowheart over flaky bloodwood, and then the mirror of those 3 sections
flaws/issues: none
comments: The purpleheart in view 1 and the flaky bloodwood in the box are the real standouts for this bowl but the bocote in view 5 is also excellent.
views 8b and 1d
views 1c, 3c, 5c, 7c
view 1c as the bowl blank then raw (fresh off the lathe) then with an application of natural stain then as the finished bowl