when these pictures were taken, the bowl had one coat of natural stain as a sealant and the holes in the top for the dried flowers had not yet been drilled

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<br>In the left pic is a laminate of bocote, walnut, and hard maple all over aromatic red cedar.
<br>In the right pic is narra between pieces of padauk.
<br>The base is African mahogany, two types of makore, and hard maple veneer

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<br>In the right pic is tulipwood over ash, over aromatic red cedar.  In both the left and right pics you see a wood that has a high contrast between early and late growth and that's sen (Japanese ash)

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