Seven New Honduran Rosewood
I found the most notable feature of this set of seven Honduran Rosewood bowls to be the wide color variability demonstrated from bowl to bowl. Several of the bowls …
Five New Bocote Bowls
This set of 5 bowls in the largest single batch of Bocote that I have worked with and I was quite pleased with it. Bocote continues to be easy …
Chakte Viga
The orange color is pronounced and my shop looked like someone had shaken out a giant bag of Cheetos. The color is also highly variable and one piece of …
Kingwood Bowls
What doesn't come through very well in the photos is how intensely purple Kingwood really is. The dust from the minimal sanding was truly violet. The finish does obscure …
Two Marblewood Bowls
I have worked with and written about Marblewood several times in the past and I haven't discovered anything new about it to report so I won't repeat myself here. This …
Two More Cumaceba Bowls
Several of the Swartzia species are excellent and well known turning woods, including Queenwood, Katalox, and Wamara.
More Leopardwood Bowls
As I have said before, I wish I had experimented with ONE piece of Leopardwood before I bought more, since I wouldn't have bought more, but instead I got …