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G021 --- $110.00 --- 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 portion is 4 segments of red oak and the lower portion is 4 segments of panga panga. The middle is:
view 1: purpleheart backed by mahogany
view 3: tulip poplar with a slight green tint
view 5: pine backed by mahogany
view 7: tulip poplar with a slight green tint
The lower panga panga sections show as flat cut in views 2 and 6 and quartersawn in views 4 and 8
center: the middle is 4 sections of Honduras mahogany and the corners are 8 wedges (in pairs) of okoume
view 1: a jagged lamination of, from the top down, purpleheart, yellowheart, panga panga, curly maple, and on each side of that is macawood (butt end) and all that is backed by billy webb wood
view 3: bocote, shedua and under that there is what has now become just a sliver of a arc of aromatic red cedar
view 5: in the center is a complex lamination in 3 sections (middle and 2 identical sides, all described below) and all of that is backed by birch and over aromatic red cedar and then on each side of the center is canary over panga panga.
The complex lamination middle section is, from the top down, redheart, ebony veneery, padauk, maple veneer, padauk veneer, maple veneer, cabreuva, aromatic red cedar, maple veneer, aromatic red cedar, maple veneer, thick mahogany veneer, aromatic red cedar, redheart, maple veneer, redheart and all of that backed by aromatic red cedar
The complex lamination side sections are, from the top down, osage orange, paela, maple veneer, bubinga veneer, two layers of maple veneer, buginga veneer, maple veneer, paela, maple veneer, bubinga veneer, maple veneer, thick mahogany veneer, panga panga.
view 7: tatajuba, Peruvian walnut
comments: I left the wall a little thicker than usual on this one, so it has quite a nice heft to it. You definitely don't want to drop this one on your toe.
The alternating grain arrangement of the 4 sections of panga panga in the base create a nice effect and the butt end of the macawood at both sides of view 1 has a nice grain effect --- more interesting that the face grain pattern, I think, although it was a bear to turn since macawood butt end tends to crush and tear unless the lathe chisels are razor sharp
Nice omega curves all around the inside of this one, with the billy webb wood in view 1 having a nice effect of multiple curves due to grain pattern
The tatajuba in view 7 is marvelously
chatoyant from side to side (but not at all from top to bottom)
flaws/issues: The okoume "filler wood" at the edges of the center did not entirely turn away on this one and on the left edge of the inside of view 2 there is a small chip-out where the two sections of okoume meet about half-way up the inside of the rim. This is very minor, but is definitely a flaw.
Several of the woods have faded or darkened with time so I have dropped the price from $175 to $110
views 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a. The bright yellow yellowheart in view 1a has darkened noticeably as have the two pieces in view 5a. The mahogany in view 7a has darkened to a chocolate brown.
views 5b and 5d
bowl blank views 1b, 3b, 5b, 7b