HOW THEY ARE MADE AND OTHER INFO
BROWSE BOWLS BY PRICE, SIZE, STYLE, ETC
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N1 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view: more pics down below
diameter: 8 1/2"
height: 2 1/2"
finish: one application of natural stain then one coat of regular polyurethane followed by one coat 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: mahogany
view 1: canary, oak, cypress and then misc lamination up to BOX
view 2: yew, ebony veneer, aromatic red cedar (sapwood on top), aromatic red cedar, walnut, lamination of hard maple with ebony and padauk veneers, BOX
view 3: hard maple, paela, walnut?, ? (light brown), pine?, BOX
view 4: canary, walnut, ash, ebony veneer (2 layers), ash, ebony veneer (2 layers), ash, pine?, ebony veneer, elm, BOX
view 5: osage orange, aromatic red cedar, pine?, cocobolo, elm, BOX
view 6: hard maple, aromatic red cedar, padauk veneer, aromatic red cedar, walnut, BOX
view 7: osage orange, canary, zircote, ? (light brown), pine?, BOX
view 8: canary, osage orange, mahogany, pine?, ebony veneer, aromatic red cedar, BOX
BOX: bottom is 4 pieces of cocobolo flanked by oak, top is 4 pieces of pine flanked by fir. There is a separaton between the pine on the left and the fir
flaws/issues:in the box, to the left of the pine and to the left top of the pine there are hairline separations --- they don't show up much visibly, but you can feel them with your fingernail
SIGNIFICANT FLAWS:
The pine in the lower right middle has a stress crack that is both visible and tactile. You can see it clearly in view 1c below. The canary in view 7 has a stress separation that is thinner than a piece of paper but if you hold the bowl JUST right, you can see all the way through. There is a similar and somethat thicker stress separation along the lamination in view 4 where it joins the BOX. This is an early bowl, done before I realized how much such problems could occur. I have priced it accordingly.
The bottom of the yew in view #8 has small gum inclusions --- typical character for yew.
comments: a really nice bowl with a lot of beautiful wood pieces. The chatoyant paela is particularly nice, the cocobolo in the middle is small but beautiful, and the canary in view #1 is just outstanding. Lots of sharp ovals around the outside and some good clean omega curves inside although most of them are partial due to overlap.
view 1c
view 1b
views 3a and 3d
view 5c
view 1a, just off the lathe then with natural stain, then finished with polyurethane