[B][I]Burgundy Crescendo[/I][/B]
[B][I]Burgundy Crescendo[/I][/B] won $150.00 in prize money at this year's 28th Annual International Design in Wood exhibition in Del Mar, California. I formed this piece in February using Purpleheart, Maple, African Blackwood, Ebony, and Bloodwood. The Blackwood rectangles have a purple cast which ties in nicely with the body. This vessel has a 3/16" (5mm) thickness tapering to a knife edge at the rim. I inlaid the 1/8" thick Bloodwood triangle after the bowl was turned (to center it) with a sharp chisel. The lacquer finish fills the grain and was polished to an optical quality high gloss then waxed.
[B][I]Burgundy Crescendo[/I][/B]
5 1/2" high x 12 13/16" diam. x 15.1 oz.
(139mm x 325mm x 429 grams)
February 2009
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Images copyright 2009 by Robert Manning
