HOW THEY ARE MADE AND OTHER INFO
BROWSE BOWLS BY PRICE, SIZE, STYLE, ETC
orientation view and a list of the woods --- the "woods used" pic can be enlarged
N106 --- $140.00
diameter: 9"
height: 2 1/2"
shipping weight: 2lb 13oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)
finish: one application of natural stain then 4 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
COMMENTS: The bocote in the middle has an interesting gradation of growth rings from very narrowly spaced at the bottom to considerably wider at the top. It is possible that this occurred because of differences in yearly growth but it is much more likely due to the piece being rift cut.
Unfortunately, the box elder in view 5 has nice red streaking only on the bottom of the bowl and just some light pink tint on the top. The bocote on the left side is excellent, as is the ebony in the lower left (the white section at the bottom of the ebony is not sapwood, it's a thin layer of birch veneer).
The curly maple on the left is hightly chatoyant. The chechem on the right and upper right and the padauk at the top are also chatoyant.
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 chechem on the right has several cracks. I knew that when I selected the piece --- it's just such a gorgeous piece of that species that I couldn't resist using it even though I knew the cracks would show up. The bocote in the center developed a hairline crack after the bowl sat on the shelf for a while. It is very thin and you can't see it unless you get the light to reflect directly off of that area of the bowl and it is only lightly perceptible to the touch. The olive in view 4 has a natural crack that shows up as a dark line (it is also slightly perceptible if you run your fingernail over it)
VARIOUS VIEWS:
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl