This 16" salad bowl was turned from a beautifully dark piece of black walnut (Juglans nigra). The outside profile is a simple curve that features a raised band at the rim that creates a distinct shadow line and provides the perfect place for your thumb when you pick the bowl up. The top of the rim is inward sloping and the inside is undercut to provide another shadow line and visual depth the piece. A pair of curly white ash butterfly patches re-enforce a small crack near the rim that has been filled with epoxy. A ring foot at the base gives the form a little visual lift when it is sitting on a table or counter, while texturing and several concentric rings serve as proof that the bottom of the bowl was turned with as much care and attention to detail as the rest of piece. Finished with several coats of boiled linseed oil and then buffed to a pleasing satin sheen, this bowl is ready to go to work in your kitchen or dining room.