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Category Archives: ale bowls
Fluted Dragon
Here’s the ale bowl from my recent post on orthodontics, now completed. I carved flutes along the exterior of this one. The gouge I use for fluting depends upon the effect I want and the curvature of the exterior itself. … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, cherry, patterns, proportions, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry ale bowl, dragon ale bowl, dragon bowl
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Dragon Orthodontics
I roughed out this cherry ale bowl during the green stage months ago, and now I’ve gotten around to refining it in the dry stage, including carving a set of choppers, a point of pride for any dragon. After sketching … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, carving, cherry, patterns, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged carving teeth, cherry ale bowl, dragon ale bowl, dragon bowl
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Maple Hen
I just finished a hen bowl in maple and left it natural except for the bit of red paint on the comb. Besides the lack of paint on the body, I made a couple other changes compared to those I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, bird bowls, bowls, layout, Uncategorized
Tagged chicken bowl, hen bowl
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Three in the Rough
I’ve had some ale bowl requests on the backburner for far too long now, so while I had some cooperative cherry around I decided to rough out three at once. That makes it sound much more straightforward than it is. … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, cherry, holding, layout, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged ale bowl, Emil Milan
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Revisiting the Ale Duck
It had been a while since I carved an ale bowl, so it was fun to make another recently, in this case an ale duck. I’ve written several posts about ale bowls, including some that go into my carving process, but … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, bird bowls, carving, cherry, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged ale bowl, cherry bowl, duck bowl, duck carving
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Learning from Fred Astaire
Seeing this ale bowl basking in the sun, my wife asked my daughter what she thought of the new dragon bowl. Emma replied, “What dragon bowl?” Wonderful. What Emma noticed were the flowing lines and the form, and only after … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, bowls, cherry, patterns, proportions, Uncategorized
Tagged dragon ale bowl, flow of line, Fred Astaire
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Workhorses
I’ve carved several of these horse-head ale bowls now, and each one seems to end up with it’s own personality. Much of that, thankfully, happens in spite of me. Each log is different, imparting it’s character on the finished piece. … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, bowls, cherry, historical reference, patterns, Uncategorized, video
Tagged cherry ale bowl, Edwardian Farm, Harris and Me, horse head ale bowl, James Herriot
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A Bowl for Enkidu
It seems that our problem with portion control goes back at least 4700 years. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, probably the oldest recorded story in human history, Shamhat is tasked with civilizing the wild beastly man Enkidu. To lure him … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, bowls, historical reference, Uncategorized
Tagged alder bowl, ale bowl, Enkidu, Gilgamesh, wine bowl
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Cold November Rain
As I happily remain in the shop this morning, in my head I hear Axl Rose’s refrain. I’m carving flutes along the outer surface of this little “wine bowl.” This is quiet, contemplative work that seems to fit a rainy morning. … Continue reading
Posted in adze, ale bowls, bowls, carving, cherry, finding wood, green woodworking, holding, quotes and excerpts, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry wood carving, Cold November Rain, flutes
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