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Monthly Archives: June 2021
Carving Book for Kids of All Ages
There’s a great kid in my neighborhood, Conner, who pops over to play with Chip, help stack wood, or look for fishing worms under logs. He’s also taken an interest in carving and was excited when I showed him Frank … Continue reading
Posted in books, carving, nature, Uncategorized
Tagged Easyt Wood Carving for Children, Frank Egholm, whittling
7 Comments
Carving American Chestnut 3: Foot Shape
Onto another stage with the chestnut bowl. Although a little bigger and deeper, the design of this bowl has much in common with the cherry bowl on the left. Same general upper outline, narrow side panel, arched top. But the … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, layout, patterns, proportions, Uncategorized
Tagged American Chestnut, carving chestnut, Chestnut bowl
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Bird Bowl from Straight Grain
Most of the bird bowls I make come from crooks, with the form following the flow of the fibers. In designing and making this bowl, I tried to achieve similar lines and a sense of movement within the constraints of … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, figure, finding wood, layout, patterns, quotes and excerpts, sketch, tools, trees, Uncategorized
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Small Side Panel Cherry Bowl
A few days ago I finished this cherry bowl for a local fundraiser. It features a relatively narrow side panel below the edge of the rim that makes an ideal spot for some chip carving. I took a few shots … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, carving, cherry, finding wood, holding, layout, patterns, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged carved cherry bowl, carving cherry, cherry decay resistance, chip carving pattern
25 Comments
The Handcarved Bowl by Danielle Rose Byrd
Danielle Rose Byrd has created a helpful and insightful resource for bowl carvers of any experience level. The Handcarved Bowl covers everything from finding material, sharpening, carving, decorating, and more. Much more detail about the book, including the Table of … Continue reading
Carving American Chestnut 2: A Full Hollow
Following up on this post about carving a bowl in American chestnut, I’ll share some photos and thoughts on the hollowing process. That cross grain trench in the photo above is something I’ve discussed in more detail before. It establishes … Continue reading
Posted in adze, bowls, carving, sketch, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged bent gouge, bowl carving, Chestnut bowl, hollowing bowl
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Carving American Chestnut
The solstice may still be a couple weeks away, but the first day of summer for me was yesterday. I celebrated by digging in to a special log. American chestnut. Big, green, American chestnut. I carved some chestnut a few … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, finding wood, historical reference, layout, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged American Chestnut, Chestnut bowl, ring shake
23 Comments