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This little bowl is made from Bloodwood and Oregon Myrtle. The base is Australian Blackwood. When I first ordered Myrtle I was not very happy with the color and my wife was particularly negative. But when you have 10 board feet you can’t just let it go to waste. By chance I combined it with some Bloodwood and found the combination very pleasing. The Myrtle takes on a slight silvery cast that doesn’t photograph but in person they are usually the first bowls to sell. The diameter is about 6.5” and the height is about 3”.
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Bigdogs117
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posted 150 days ago
Sharp looking. I like the contrast in the wood. Thanks for posting.
-- Rusty
cabinetmaster
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posted 150 days ago
Ditto the above remarks. Very nice contrast. I also love the design and shape.
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Rj
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posted 150 days ago
Great Looking bowl ! Myrtle wood is one of my favorite woods it can come in some really great shades of Yellow (honey) mixed with dark brown to black accents and can come with some great curly/ flammed shimmer/chatoyant attributes, High grade Myrtle is outstanding wood !!( I love the burl). One of my favorite combinations is Myrtle & Walnut .There is also some Australian Myrtle that is Outstanding . I also have some mundane looking Myrtle that is silverish and I agree its somewhat boring . Don’t count out Myrtle wood it can be Super nice!!! and its great to work with.
Great Job on the bowl !
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mtnwild
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posted 150 days ago
Striking bowl, very attractive! Great design…...................
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darryl
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posted 150 days ago
awesome bowl, looks great.
nice segmentation work.
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jockmike2
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posted 149 days ago
Another beautiful bowl.
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Jeff France
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posted 145 days ago
Stunning!
-- Jeffrey France
a1Jim
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posted 145 days ago
most amazing bowl
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
peruturner
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posted 65 days ago
Great bowl,good combination of woods
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 65 days ago
Really sweet bowl let’s be honest this type of bowl turning where you make your own segmented blanks , can sometimes result in dated tired looking woodwork.There was a time in the sixties and seventies, when everyone turned out these bowls.But I am pleased to say this is truly lovely and I have seen many very nice examples I think the secret is using good design and that makes a great sense of proportion to the piece sometimes segmentation can be also very heavy,however you have made a nice light design which is complimented by the nice segmentation in this piece. Truly stunning!!! I take my hat off to you.very kindest of regards Alistair
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