Back in February, Jon Binzen came to my shop and shot photos as I carved a bowl from a board. It will all be in the next issue (#315) of Fine Woodworking magazine, which should go out in a week or so. I’m always amazed to see the final product in the magazine. Whatever I may contribute, Jon and his team surpass it with their photography, editing, and layout artistry. I have a list here of other articles I’ve done with Fine Woodworking.

There are two separate articles in this same issue, one for the bowl, one for the tree. They let me draw layout plans for both. And there’s a lot more in the issue as well, including one on building a sweet tool tote designed by Mike Pekovich. I noticed it’s a nice size for carrying a kit of carving tools.

I first started playing with this design two years ago and I’ve written a few posts about it along the way. A search on the right under “Bowl from a Plank” will bring them up. Jon’s title, “Bowl from a Board” sounds much better, but I’m not going back and changing “plank” to “board” on everything now. This is the same design we carve in my Bowl Carving Exploration course at Pete Galbert’s, but the course, of course, goes well beyond the scope of the article in terms of bowl carving, decorative carving, design, sharpening…

I’ve been hanging on to this one until the issue went to print — just in case there was an emergency requiring more photos. No need to be concerned with that now, so I’m offering it for sale. This is the bowl that was carved from start to finish through the articles. Butternut, 21″ x 6″ x 2″. $750 includes shipping. And I’ll include a copy of issue #315. Email me at dandkfish@gmail.com if you’re interested. Thanks. SOLD