This piece was difficult to photograph because of the shape, so I hope the detail shows okay.
This is a split bowl vessel but with a twist. The vessel itself is made of 2 shallow bowls, cut in half. The top is one bowl, made of figured maple, and cut in half.
The bottom is another shallow bowl the same diameter and cross section as the top, also cut in half. 2 halves, one top and one bottom are then glued together so they look sort of like a pita shell. Wenge plates are glued on to the end of the "pita shell". It sounds more complicated than it really is to make, maybe because of my descriptive ineptitude. You'll just have to come to the symposium and I can describe it there.
The title refers to the difficulty I had in cutting everything apart precisely and reassembling everything properly. Another case of needing 6 hands and 15 clamps. The piercing in the top doesn't go all the way through.
Figured maple, wenge
12"diameter by 3" high.
C&C always welcome
