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C223 --- $NOT AVAILABLE --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 8"
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: canary
view 1: paela, redheart, BOX
view 2: sycamore, bubinga, BOX
view 4: mahogany crotch, purpleheart, BOX
view 5: zircote over mulberry, redheart, BOX
view 6: zebrawood, purpleheart, BOX
view 8: sycamore, bubinga, BOX
BOX: all of the center pieces are yellowheart and there is bubinga both above and below the center. On the left and right are laminations of bocote and wenge.
flaws/issues: The paela in view 1 has expanded just a hair and you can feel a ridge arount its edge on the outer rim, although it is not visible and does not detract at all from the beauty of the bowl.
There are hair-line separations at the glue joints at the top and bottom of the BOX
comments: This one is, in my opinion, just all-around gorgeous. There are no woods in it that are less than excellent and I think the design works particularly well. The BOX in this one was influenced by Navhoe rug designs I saw in the American Southwest in the 1950's.
The paela in view 1 is from the best piece of that species I have ever worked, with a gorgeous deep uniform orange color throughout instead of just as a patina, and to make it even better, it's curly.
The rim is thicker than usual on this one. I remember that when I turned it, I had a reason for leaving the rim thick, but I can't remember now what that reason was.
views 5c and 5d
views 5b and 7b
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl