Here is a small "change" bowl I made this week end. It measures 5 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches high. A "change bowl" is kept on a gentleman's bureau to keep the contents of his pockets when emptied at the end of the day; change, keys, etc.. The base is made from White Oak and the side of the bow is a layer of segmented sections; the lighter colored wood is Poplar and the thinner darker wood is Mahogany. What is interesting about this bowl is the treatment of the interior of the bowl: I made a kind of stain which was used in colonial times in the US. It is made by dissolving iron in a vinegar solution. When that is applied to wood which contains a lot of acid, like Oak and Mahogany, it turns the wood very dark; in the case of Oak it goes black. As you can see here, it is very black indeed. It darkened all the wood on the interior. No further finishing was done to this bowl.
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