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G20 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 7 1/2"
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 mahogany, although as you can see from the color differences they are not all from the same plank.
view 1: makore(?), paele, mahogany
view 3: aromatic red cedar, oxhorn, tulip poplar
view 5: makore(?), machiche, paele, mahogany
view 7: aromatic red cedar, oxhorn, tulip poplar
center: 4 wedges of Honduras mahogany and 4 corners (8 very small sections, in pairs) of okoume
view 1: ash over walnut and then two identical sections of laminations split by mahogany veneer and walnut. The lamination sections are each surrounded on all four sides by ash thins with mahogany above and below that and then there are, from the top down, mahogany, mahogany veneer, oak, anigre, maple thin, anigre, oak, maple veneer, mahogany veneer, maple veneer, mahogany, maple veneer, oak, walnut veneer, oak, two layers of mahogany veneer, oak, mahogany veneer. Everything is backed by mahogany
view 2: from the top down: machiche(?), holly veneer, paela, ebony veneer, canary, aromatic red cedar
view 3: the left side is a sliver of maple backed by tzalam, over pine, goncalo alves, makore, walnut. To the left of that is basswood and all of that section is over holly veneer, maple thin, redheart, basswood(?). The right side is machiche over curly mahogany (with sapwood) over birch and then everything is backed by birch then aromatic red cedar and on the bottom is aromatic red cedar that has turned off until it is only thin sections on each side.
view 4: makore over poplar
view 5: top down, obeche, machiche, aromatic red cedar, maple veneer, ebony veneer, maple veneer, aromatic red cedar, osage orange, silky oak, and with a tiny wedge of aromatic red cedar in the lower left corner. The slant is walnut veneer, maple veneer, two layers of mahogany veneer, then sapele(?) above that and everything over shedua. Below the slant is sipo and behind the left section is birch. Eveything is backed by padauk veneer then yellow birch (that is actually reddish in color)
view 6: canary over panga panga
view 7: lamniation of curly maple and wenge with leopardwood in the lower left corner and then all backed by chechem then aromatic red cedar, and all of that over aromatic red cedar
view 8: canary over panga panga
flaws/issues: where the two piece of maple meet in view 7, there is a small section that was not turned down properly, leaving a small flat area on the top of the lower piece of maple. This was just carelessness on my part to not have seen this before taking the bowl off the lathe.
comments: I particularly like the way the high grain of the wenge contrasts with the maple in view 7. Both pieces of paela in the base are quite chatoyant and have outstanding color. The paela in view 2 is mildly chatoyant.
The mahogany in the center is exceptionally light-color heartwood that almost looks like sapwood.
The chechem inside view 7 had some fantastic grain irregularities but they almost all turned off --- you can still see a couple of the streaks on one side.
views 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a
views 7b and 5d
bowl blank views 1b, 3b, 5b, 7b