DESIGN IN WOOD 2018: Each year, the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association produces its juried exhibition, Design in Wood. This year’s show included 26 competitive categories and dozens of interesting pieces. Here is just a thin slice of the many jewels that were found there. For more, go to sdfwa.org.

This open segmented turned bowl is made up of 25 layers (26 if you include the rim) with 72 pieces per layer, for a total of 2,521 pieces including the base. The design is by Tom Lohman. It took Goldman roughly 35 hours to cut the wood into strips and then cut the strips into small pieces. Once the blank was glued up, the turning itself took several hours.

CHERRY, BLOODWOOD, MAPLE, OSAGE ORANGE, PAU FERRO, PAU AMARILLO, WENGE, 12 DIA. X 51⁄2H

—Andy Goldman, Placentia, Calif.

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