Small bowl w/Diamond Design

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I made this small segmented bowl with a feature ring. I'm not sure how others do this, but this is the way I created the pattern. I made a stick of the diamond design by cutting two 45º cuts in a piece of walnut. Then I milled a square section of the other wood (not sure what it is) and sandwiched everything together to get the pattern. I cut all the segments of the feature ring the same size and then shortened every other one and glued on the patterned pieces. They obviously only show on the outside. The hardest part was making sure all the diamond pieces were centered top and bottom, and side to side.

.................. John D....................

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Nice! I like how you camouflaged the interior so you didn’t see some weird half-design remanent from the diamond feature. I’ll need to remember that. 

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".

A nice shape on the bowl and the diamond turned out great. I learned something seeing this. Thanks for sharing and well done.

Main Street to the Mountains

sweet john !!!!

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Not being a bowler (used to be a batsman... Aussie cricket).... Nice to see pictures #3 & #4....

Is the base lasered or branded?

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Looks great! I'm guessing there will be few woodworkers that look inside and start asking questions.
Beautiful mastrpiece ....in my eyes!

...woodicted

Very attractive bowl!!!!!!!!!! Nice work on it.................Cheers, Jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

The end result is a real eye-catcher.

No Bees. No Honey. Bees Lives Matter

Thanks a lot guys.
Alex, the makers mark is done with my laser.


.................. John D....................

originally.........

Sasha. - Life is not a draft, you can't redo it tomorrow