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N105 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 9"
height: 2 1/2"
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: yellowheart
view 1: macawood, aromatic red cedar, paela, BOX
view 2: imbuia, padauk, white oak, BOX
view 3: lacewood, cocobolo over yellowheart, cocobolo, canary, BOX
view 4: red narra, tulip poplar (with a green tint), canary, ?(dark brown wood), BOX
view 5: cocobolo, American white ash and then jatoba, both over white oak, sipo, BOX
view 6: prima vera over walnut veneer over holly veneer over light-colored panga panga and then backed by machiche over sycamore(?), aromatic red cedar, cocobolo thin, american red cedar, birch, BOX
view 7: black ash, tulip poplar (with an amazingly strong, uniform green color), canary, BOX
view 8: black ash over bocote, pine, Western red cedar, holly(? might be prima vera), BOX
BOX: bottom up; beech, sycamore sided by cocobolo, cocobolo sided by ?(dark brown wood), aromatic red cedar thin, ebony veneer, holly veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, osage orange sided by cocobolo with makore above the cocobolo, aromatic red cedar thin, maple veneer, padauk veneer, aromatic red cedar thin, maple veneer, mahogany veneer, maple veneer, aromatic red cedar thin, holly veneer, mahogany veneer, maple veneer, cocobolo
flaws/issues: the imbuia in view 2 has a noticeable void, but this is the kind of thing that distinguishes wood from plastic and I consider this one to be character, not a flaw. I know not everyone will agree with me so I'm careful to point it out. You can see it in view 2b below
The butt-end of the ash in view 5 crushed rather than shaved as it turned into a non-sharp-enough chisle and I didn't sand it down as much as I should have so it still has a slightly rough surface which you can see in view 5b below. Because of this sloppiness on my part, I have priced the bowl considerably lower than I otherwise would.
comments: The tulip poplar in view 7 has a green color that is not unique for this wood, but quite rare to be as strong and uniform as it is.
The cocobolo in view 5 has a color change that is so strong and abrupt, with a thick black line between the two colors, that it seems to be two different woods. Also, that same piece of cocobolo has a marvelous "V" shape in the grain. There's a closeup pic below showing both of these characteristics clearly.
views 7c and 5d
views 2b and 5b
view 5c closeup showing the two-color cocobolo with the "V" pattern in the grain
view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl