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   john_c2 | May 13, 2022 10:17am | #1

   Sorry, but yuck.

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   pantalones868 | May 13, 2022 11:25am | #2

   I'd bet it's vacuum formed. Heat,glue, pressure. What's the material? It looks kind of like,from the photo, glazed enamel. Have you seen those Euro style cabinet doors that are veneer wrapped on all sides ,seemingly,so to speak, with one piece and appear seamless? I suspect that that process involves microwaves or high frequency uv, NASA AMES invented materials and some very expensive machine in a factory formerly in Germany and now exported to China, as in "don't try this at home"!
   While that bowl is not particularly attractive to me if you could do that process it would present alot of possibilities. Someone like a Gary Bennett (RIP) Or a designer in Milan would come up with something really clever with a process like that. Probably already have.. not all designers are "woodies"as Gary once called me!

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   stradicfinatic | May 13, 2022 11:45am | #3

   lol thanks Pants! Yeah maybe that's it...some sort of vacuumed process. If you look at the pic below hopefully you can see that the "glaze" stops at the edge of the top of the bowl. Seems like vacuuming would be the only way to get it so precise? It's hard like epoxy, so maybe that's glazed enamel? (I'll have to google glazed enamel).

   Update: I found the bowls on amazon so maybe this helps:

   https://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Bowls-Serving-Cereal-Leaves/dp/B07VV9LSSL?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

   
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   pantalones868 | May 13, 2022 12:04pm | #4

   But is it dishwasher safe?....

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   john_c2 | May 13, 2022 02:08pm | #5

   Melamine is just a thermosetting plastic, sometimes applied to a wood base. They also use it to make dinnerware in any possible patter -- without the wood. And it is dishwasher safe.

   My best guess is that this is melamine applied to a wooden bowl.

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   pantalones868 | May 13, 2022 04:06pm | #6

   They call them "wood" . Don't really address the interior except to say pretty pretty...but then go on to say don't put them in the dishwasher or microwave...melamine and food? Pancreatitis in a bowl , Yum! Isn't that what killed all those dogs a few years ago? You know that they hide depleted uranium in kitchen cutlery so them passing off any other kind of poison if it makes a buck into our food chain is not surprising! Make it ,sell it, distribute it widely and study it later,seems to be how they do it.

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   rob_ss | May 13, 2022 07:30pm | #7

   If you do like the look then it could possibly be recreated by turning to a precise shape then heating and inserting a melamine bowl into the cavity. It's not that hard to get those dimensions as really you only need the rim and base precise. The walls are less of an issue, provided you seal with silione.
   To make a perfect bowl, you have three options - 1. Cut the rim off, insert the bowl, glue the rim back on and turn very carefully to match. 2. turn to the point where the bowl just pops in. (melamine is quite flexible) or 3. Do like 2 but with encouragement from a heat gun. Melamine softens at 160-180c.
   I've never done this and really don't like the look that much but it was fun thinking how I might give it a go.

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   stradicfinatic | May 13, 2022 09:39pm | #9

   Thanks Rob. I’m with you. It’s not that I especially love the look, I’m just really intrigued how it was done. I love your ideas though. Gives me some concepts to think about for future projects.

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   largeb | May 13, 2022 08:08pm | #8

   Maybe hydro dipping, but it seems that would be tricky on a concave surface.