HOW THEY ARE MADE AND OTHER INFO
BROWSE BOWLS BY PRICE, SIZE, STYLE, ETC
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N76 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 8"
height: 3"
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: sipo
view 1: redheart, sipo, BOX
view 2: bocote, redheart, aromatic red cedar thin, padauk veneer, ash veneer, ebony veneer, maple(?), BOX
view 3: bubinga (faded-looking color), ebony veneer, paela, cocobolo, BOX
view 5: redheart, eucalyptus, mahogany, basswood, BOX
view 6: aromatic red cedar, kuruguay, walnut
view 7: billy webb wood, thick walnut veneer, two layers of maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, two layers of maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, pine, aromatic red cedar thin, maple veneer, ebony veneer, maple veneer, aromatic red cedar thin, oak, BOX
view 8: aromatic red cedar
BOX: bottom is billy webb wood (maybe) and top is unknown (might be tatajuba), center pieces, left to right, are: chechem, paela, cocobolo, maple veneer, cherry thin, aromatic red cedar.
flaws/issues: The walnut in view 6 exhibits some worm tracks and the underside of the kuruguay has a glue joint towards the inside of the bowl that is less than perfect (noticeable to the fingernail though not especially noticeable visually). In view 2, the bocote has a crack on the underside that is visible if you know to look for it and it is noticeable to the touch but unless you have the light just right, it looks like part of the grain pattern since it follows the grain.
A very minor point is that the aromatic red cedar on the outside of the rim in view 6 has a glue joint that splays outward, resulting in edge lines that are not quite vertical but that angle outwards from top to bottom.
comments: Nice heft to this one and a relatively high rim which makes it a good bowl for hard candy or something like that.
The billy webb wood on the outer rim of view 7 has an interesting combination of heartwood/sapwood that has produced a nice arch.
views 1c and 1d
view 5b
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl