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G14 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 7"
height: 6"

finish: one application of natural stain then 3 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

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

base: the upper sections are all different kinds of mahogany (the lighter colored pieces are sapwood); the lower sections are:
view 1: paela then a sliver of ?(grainy brown wood) then sipo
view 3: sipo then mahogany
view 5: sycamore then sipo
view 7: mahogany, sipo, mahogany

center: 4 center sections of Honduras mahogany sapwood with edge sections of okoume

view 1: burst of redheart inside yellowheart all over wenge and backed by white oak then wenge. Above the yellowheart are wedges of curly maple. Above all that is white oak over padak veneer. On both sides are santos mahognay over macawood. The whole section is backed by chenchen veneer.

view 3: two sections of lignum vitae under aromatic red cedar and backed by machiche then an aromatic red cedar thin

view 5: padauk over a lamination of yew splitting bocote on the right and on the left is mahogany over paela over chechem(?). All of this is over red aromatic cedar and backed by santos mahogany over aromatic red cedar. On both sides are aromatic red cedar over wedges of Honduras rosewood. Then whole section is backed by aromatic red cedar then chenchen veneer.

view 7: top down: cowtree, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, two plies of cerejeir veneer, bubinga veneer, maple veneer, sipo to the left of ?, redheart to the left of paela, sipo to the left of ?, redheart to the left of paela, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, 2 plies of padauk veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, osage orange, all backed by obeche then eucalpytus.

flaws/issues: The left segment of lignum vitae in view 3 has a knot that did not turn out entirely solid, so there is a rough spot. This is wood character, not a flaw --- and that's my story and I'm sticking with it :-)

The macawood on the right side of view 1 developed a severe end-grain crush and a small section snapped out and because it was right at the joint with light colored maple, I repaired it with some similar-colored wood filler that I subsequently realized actually looks just like sapwood. Unless you knew to look for it, you would not notice it at all as a "flaw" but would just assume that it is sapwood. You can see it in the pic below of view 2b

comments: the paela in view 1 of the base has good news and bad news. The bad news is that there's a dark spot (probably a gum inclusion) and the good news is that it has really excellent color and also it highly chatoyant. The sycamore in view 5 of the base is also chatoyant as are most of the woods in view 7 (both the base and the body)





views 1a and 2b --- view 2b shows the knot induced void in the lignum vitae


views 5b and 5d


views 3b and 7b





view 1b as the bowl blank (without base) and then as the finished bowl