PAUL's CHALLENGE
set April 2021

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Napkin Rings

Bowl within a Bowl

It can simply be made from two contrasting pieces of wood or you can use your artistic skills to maybe colour, texture, pyrograph, carve etc the outer skin and leave the inner one plain.
It can have a foot or not; or it could be mounted on a separate base/plinth of another material entirely.

The main idea is that it is much lighter than its apparent volume suggests.

This is done by making the outer bowl quite thin leaving a void between the two pieces.

The inner bowl can just sit in a hole in the outer one or (as I chose to do in the pictures) be recessed a bit.
The hollowing of the outer bowl can be done with anything sharp. It does not have to be perfect as no one will see it and no sanding required either.
My example shows the assembled piece with a pyrographed border as I felt that it needed something to frame the whole thing.
Size wise - don't be too ambitious, 6 to 7 " diameter is probably the maximum that I would suggest so that the depth to width is easier to achieve.
A hemisphere works well but try other shapes and proportions.
A very wide decorated rim with a small contrasting centre would look great in the right timbers.


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The Cedar was finished with sanding sealer & Renaissance wax.
The Oak was fumed with Ammonia for 12 hours.
 

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