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I made this bowl from Oak, Purple Heart, Yellow Heart, and Osage Orange. I like the first picture, but the blue towel the bowl was sitting on caused a reflection on the lower half of the bowl-so I added a couple more shots that have less reflection. I intended to make the rim and vertical strips out of Yellow Heart, but after gluing it up I realized I had used Osage Orange for the strips instead of Yellow heart. (the difference is hard to see) Anyway-I have had mixed reviews from my family on this piece…due to the variety of wood colors. It was an experiment really, and while I do like it-I will probably not repeat this color scheme.

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That's quite the bowl, looks a bit like a goblet. I wonder if you could drink from it. The shape and segments are very nice.
 

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that is beautiful, great job
 

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Wow, this is awesome. Great job and love the contrasting of the wood
 

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I think a person could drink out of it if they wanted to. I used spar urehane for the finish because it has UV blockers in it and Purple Heart tends to brown over the years with exposure to the UV rays.
 

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Outstanding work! I love purpleheart in turned projects.
 
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