Paul Hinds bowl #N113

N113 --- $140.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 8 1/2"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: 8 thin coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]

base: afrormosia

view 1: macawood then purpleheart over poplar and all of that sided by cowtree, then wenge, maple, BOX

view 2: chechem, shedua, padauk, BOX

view 4: mystery wood 145, padauk, bocote, BOX

view 5: African blackwood over redheart over aromatic red cedar all backed by aromatic red cedar and sided by cowtree, then osage orange, curly maple, BOX

view 6: mystery wood 145, redheart, bocote, BOX

view 8: paela, shedua, padauk, BOX

BOX: the brown wedges at top and bottom are billy webb wood, the dark wood is all wenge, and the lines are all double layers of thick birch veneer.

flaws/issues: The mystery wood #145 in view 4 has a poor glue joint that shows up for about 1/2 inch on the left at the lower rim, both inside and outside the rim. I can only attribute this to carelessness on my part and it is definitely a flaw, although fairly minor. Also, the very center of the bowl is not quite properly turned and has an indentation that is noticible if you catch the light just right (but not otherwise) and you can feel the slight roughness if you run your finger over the center.

The chechem in view 2 has a small worm hole in the outer rim and the yellowheart in view 5 has some small chipout under the rim next to view 4. That piece of chechem, by the way, is highly chatoyant but the chatoyancy is severly muted by my use of satin-finish polyurethane instead of the high-gloss variety which brings out the chatoyancy so much better.

comments: The grain of the wenge in the BOX is excellent and the purpleheart in view 1 has an exceptionally rich color. Most of the woods in this one are really good.

There is an interesting contrast between the normal red padauk in view 4 and the pale stripy padauk in views 2 and 8.

views 3c and 5d

views 5c and 7c

view 6b

view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl