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Roughing It
I’ve been roughing out bowls. Rather than store logs for long periods in the summer heat, I try to do the green carving and let the roughed bowls dry. Then they can patiently wait for further carving until I get … Continue reading →
Posted in bowls, carving, drying, Uncategorized
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Tagged bowls, layout, logs, white oak
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Oh, It’s Drying Time Again…
Hewing a bowl with an axe and an adze certainly qualifies for what David Pye called “the workmanship of risk.” The risk doesn’t end when the axe is laid down. Anyone who is going to carve many bowls is sure to have some … Continue reading →
Posted in cartoons, carving, drying, Uncategorized
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Tagged bowls, cartoons, drying, walnut
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