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C182 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 6 1/2"
height: 2 1/2"
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: curly maple
views 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8: yellowheart, wenge, BOX
BOX: inner segments are yellowheart, and outside that is redheart.
flaws/issues: the wenge inside the rim in view 4 developed an obvous chip-out. Experience told me that attempting to turn down below the chip-out was not likely to improve the situation because that piece would most likely have continued to chip out along the same edge, so I softened the edges but couldn't do much about how bad it looks. You can see it in a closeup pic down below. Too bad, to, because otherwise this bowl is really beautiful. I've reduced the price quite a bit because of the chip-out.
comments: fabulous wenge grain patterns and what I feel is an excellent choice of contrasting woods.
views 5c and 5d
view 4b and a closeup of the chip-out flaw
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl