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This is a red bark (Iron Wood) Eucalyptus wood bowl from a tree in my backyard. It's aged wood (5 yrs) and had wood boring beetles in the wood, leaving holes in it. This is very hard wood. After turning the bowl, I filled the holes with clear epoxy with gold pearl powder mixed into it. You can see them in the yellow elliptical spots on the sides. The bowl measures 6 inches in diameter by 2 inches high. It was wet sanded with mineral oil up to 400 grit sand paper, then burnished with its own wood shavings to a semi-gloss luster. I'm pretty happy with how this came out.
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