HOW THEY ARE MADE AND OTHER INFO
BROWSE BOWLS BY PRICE, SIZE, STYLE, ETC
G024 --- $95.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 6 1/2"
height: 6"
finish: 11 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: the very bottom is white oak and the top is mahogany. The middle varies by view, as follows:
view 1 aromatic red cedar, oxhorn, paela, makore
views 3 and 7: white oak, poplar
view 5: basswood, ? (small dark wedge), paela, makore
center: [ONLY APPLICABLE FOR GOBLETS]
view 1: poplar diagonal in a lamination of badi over holly veneer over African blackwood over yellowheart. The blackwood and yellowheart are backed by aromatic red cedar veneer then birch(?). Then all of the preceeding is backed by chechem, aromatic red cedar, maple veneer. Then wedges on each side of the outer lamination are both American black ash.
view 3: bocote, chechem, mahogany
view 5: bubinga over macawood both backed by makore and all of it over Honduras rosewood. The wedges at the sides of the bubinga/macawood are both santos mahogany. The whole section is backed by maple veneer.
view 7: vertical lamination backed by fir then Honduras rosewood. The lamination is, from the top down, redheart, wenge, holly veneer, wenge, curly maple, purpleheart, yellowheart, wenge, thick birch veneer, thick mahogany veneer, thick birch veneer, wenge
comments: The bocote in view 3 is a real standout
flaws/issues: the bottom of the poplar diagonal in view 1 has crushed end-grain, which feels slightly rough to the touch. There is a very small chip-out in the santos mahogany on the right of view 5
views 1c and 3c
views 5c and 7c
views 1b and 1d
views 1b, 3b, 5b, and 7b first as the finished bowl and then showing the bowl blank view of the same areas