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BROWSE BOWLS BY PRICE, SIZE, STYLE, ETC
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S2 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 8 1/2"
height: 3 3/8"
finish: one application of natural stain and then 3 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker). Selected areas of end grain had to be given a couple of extra coats of poly because end grain in general, and for this soft wood in particular, just sucks it up like a sponge.
NOTE: as you can see from the bowl blank below, this wood is natually near-white and the application of the natural stain and polyurethane causes a strong shift to yellow. This is unavoidable with maple, although it is my understanding that there is at least one special finish that has a greatly reduced yellow shift. I don't work with solid woods much and have not explored that option. I find both the original white and the final yellowish tan attractive so while I do not like to cause significant shifts in the color of wood this one just has to be an exception.
WOODS USED: solid spalted maple with a walnut base
flaws/issues: There is a gap in the rim due to a flaw in the wood. This looked pretty neat when raw (fresh off the lathe) but the edge looked weak so I sanded it down to a more rounded contour which to my mind doesn't look quite as good as its natural state but which is definitely stable. Unlike the large crack in bowl S1, this flaw doesn't really look bad and just adds character to the bowl.
comments:
views 1a (note the rim flaw on the right side) and 5b
view 1d
closeup of the rim flaw
view 1c as the bowl blank then with an application of natural stain