Category Archives: bowls

Cherry Bowl Finished

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Dave Fisher

I’ve finished the cherry bowl that I mentioned in my recent Drying Revisited post. The oil has cured and it’s ready to serve. I’ll share a few more shots of the finished bowl below, but first some photos of some … Continue reading →

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Drying Revisited

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Dave Fisher

Several years ago, I wrote a post outlining my approach to keeping wood green, handling it during the carving process, then letting it dry and so on. As I was carving this bowl recently, I read back through that post. … Continue reading →

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Sinuous Serotina Bowl

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Dave Fisher

It was sunny and 70 degrees today. We’re still in winter, but this weather reminds me more of the late summer days when I first roughed out this bowl from a black cherry tree (Prunus serotina) limb. It was a … Continue reading →

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Cherry Bowl and Maple “Love Spoon” for Sale

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Dave Fisher

I’ve already mentioned this cherry bowl and maple spoon in some previous posts, but have held on to them until now for separate reasons. If you’re interested in either of them, email me at dandkfish@gmail.com. Shipping is included in the … Continue reading →

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Applewood Bowl — Finished

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Dave Fisher

A few months ago, I wrote a post about the early stages of carving this little apple bowl. After it dried, I was trying to sort out how to go about carving the leaf design on the side panel. I … Continue reading →

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Article in the Works

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Dave Fisher

I’m going to do an article on the Bowl-from-a-Plank with Fine Woodworking Magazine. It’s been a little while since my last article, so I’m especially looking forward to it. Everyone at Fine Woodworking is a pleasure to work with, and … Continue reading →

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Windblown Bowl Heading East

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Dave Fisher

I love to watch tree branches dance in a breeze. If the wind really gets up, even the heavier limbs rock and sway. What a ride it must be; one that can shape the limbs themselves over time. This bowl … Continue reading →

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Working Small in Apple Wood

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Dave Fisher

A couple weeks ago, a friend brought me a length of clear apple tree trunk, about 6 or 7 inches in diameter. Apple is relatively hard and dense, even when it’s green. Then it tends to move a lot as … Continue reading →

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Amy Lowell’s Green Bowl

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Dave Fisher

Ever since encountering Amy Lowell‘s Imagist poem The Green Bowl, published in her first poetry collection in 1912, I had wondered about it. Was it inspired by an actual bowl? If so, does it still exist? Who was Roger, the … Continue reading →

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Bowl from a Plank Part 3: Handle Pattern

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Dave Fisher

I had to put this bowl aside eight months ago, unfinished. I finally returned to it last week when I brushed off the dust and focused on the handles. This bowl was carved from a dry walnut plank. I documented … Continue reading →

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