HOW THEY ARE MADE AND OTHER INFO
BROWSE BOWLS BY PRICE, SIZE, STYLE, ETC
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B238 --- $NOT AVAILABLE --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 8"
height: 2 1/4"
finish: 10 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: red oak
view 2: maple, redheart, canary, BOX
view 3: spalted red oak, leopardwood, yellowheart, BOX
view 4: jatoba, curly maple, BOX
view 6: shedua, bloodwood, sipo, BOX
view 7: oxhorn (mostly sapwood), sipo, BOX
view 8: oxhorn, douglas fir, wenge, BOX
BOX: bottom is a small wedge of birch and above that is bocote, yellowheart, padauk, gaboon ebony veneer, Honduras rosewood. The lower slants are mansonia and the sides are basswood.
flaws/issues: the wenge in view 8 has a small scrape on the underside and the leopardwood in view 3 has a small dark spot, probably from a wormhole
comments: lightly fluted rim and smooth inner curve make for a very pleasing form and the woods are excellent.
views 3c and 5c
views 5d and 7c
views 2b and 5b
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl