This mesquite bowl is 5-1/2 inches and about 1-1/2 inches tall. The wood also came from Chillowick, imported into Canada from Texas, then shipped to Ohio. It was a long trip, but worth it.
This is not "poison sumac" but a very friendly variety: Staghorn. I found the wood growing along an old abandoned railroad track in Western New York. the log this bowl came from was just over 4 inches in diameter. The bowl is 4 inches across and an inch deep.
Horse Chestnut Burl bowl, about 8" diameter and 3" deep. This (1/8 - 3/16") walls make it more for art than anything else. the wood came from Lockport, in Western New York, from another woodturner.
2005 Turnings
Big leaf amaple bowl, about 6 inch diameter and 2 inches deep. The wood comes mostly from the Pacific Northwest (actually Southwest: Chillowick, B.C., Canada)
The wood in this bowl also came from Chillowick. It's Japanese Yew, about 5-1/2 inch diameter and 1-1/2 inches deep. The wood is extremely hard and polishes well.
This box is made of olive wood (from California) with a gabon ebony (from Africa) finial. It's about 3 inches in diameter.
This spalted big leaf maple bowl is about 6 inch diameter and 2-1/2 inch tall. The sides are thin and tapered to the bottom.