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Check for Checks
You know how when you carve a big deep cherry bowl then set it aside to dry after the green carving stage, and you’re really happy with it, and the next day there’s a crack? Yeah, I hate when that … Continue reading
Inshave
Last weekend, I was hollowing a big deep bowl from a cherry log. After the adze work, I reached for a tool I use from time to time to fine tune the form of a large hollow. I’ve seen tools … Continue reading
Posted in books, bowls, cherry, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry bowl, Genuine Forgery, inshave, Ray Larsen, scorp
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Library Bench
Sometime around 1980 I borrowed a Charlie Brown book from the Greenville Public Library. Then I lost it, then found it three years later. I don’t remember if any late fees were ever paid. What a scoundrel. This fall, I … Continue reading
Posted in carving, cherry, Lettering, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry bench, library bench
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Two Foot Two
That’s the length of this cherry bowl, so it will need a big table. It’s rare that I make bowls that long. This one began as one of my demonstration pieces for the the recent adze article in Fine Woodworking … Continue reading
Dealing with Interlocked Grain
Trees do funny things. This cherry was taken down a few months ago in a friend’s yard. This section has a 4 1/2″ radius and 55 growth rings. We tend to think of the fibers going straight up the trunk … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, cherry, figure, finding wood, green woodworking, holding, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged carving cherry, cherry bowl, interlocked grain, selecting carving wood
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Breakfast for Five
About two years ago, I wrote a post about busting up a big cherry log into various bowl blanks. This experimental piece came from either the billet labeled A or B, so it has vertical grain (had I sawn it … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, cherry, layout, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry bowl, long narrow bowl, wood centerpiece
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An Egg Today
“Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.” –traditional proverb Each piece of tree comes with it’s own history and quirks. I look closely and start thinking about possibilities. Usually this will result in a variation on some design I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, cherry, patterns, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry bowl, chip carving, egg shaped bowl
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Little Hens
The walnut rooftop chickens I roughed out back in the spring are waiting for me. Meanwhile, a friend took down a cherry tree in his yard and I used a piece to make a pair of mini versions. It gave … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, bowls, cherry, green woodworking, holding, layout, patterns, sketch, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged chicken carving, wooden handscrews
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In the Beginning
Wanting to make another big cherry shrink pot like the one in this post, I put my big folding saw in my pack and walked to a nearby woodlot where a cherry tree had fallen a few months ago. The … Continue reading
Posted in cherry, holding, shrink box, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry shrink pot, froe, holdfast, T-handle auger
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Playing With Cool Sticks
Green woodworking can imply more than just the general notion of working wood that is still relatively fresh with a high moisture content. Among other things, the term connotes the idea of working with nature, sensitively considering the unique attributes … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, bowls, cherry, figure, finding wood, green woodworking, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry bowl, goose bowl
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