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Tag Archives: fluted bowl
Daily Bowl Article
There’s a new issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine just out (August 2020, Issue #283) with a slew of good articles. I’ve also got an article in there on carving an eating bowl like the one above. With just a few … Continue reading
Fluted Walnut Bowl
After making many bowls, I’m still thrilled by the prospect of shaping a rough chunk of log into a finished bowl. The just-finished walnut bowl in the two photos above began with flattening the bottom and fairing the upper surface … Continue reading
Posted in adze, axe, quotes and excerpts, tools, Uncategorized, walnut
Tagged carved bowl, fluted bowl, walnut bowl
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Flute Playing
I really admire people that can play musical instruments, all the more since I’ve tried to do so myself — with poor results. For the past couple months, I’ve been playing around with a penny whistle, and you should hear … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, cherry, holding, layout, patterns, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged carved flutes, carving flutes, fluted bowl, penny whistle, tin whistle
12 Comments
Your Daily Bowl
I’m a cereal lover and, although I’ve had to switch from Boo-Berry to Shredded Wheat over the years, I still eat cereal every day — from a wooden bowl. Cereal or not, it makes for quiet eating, and the wood … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, cherry, holding, layout, patterns, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged cereal bowl, fluted bowl
17 Comments
Roof Top Bowl
Most of us are familiar with the two usual orientations for bowl carving: working “upside down” into the bark side of the bowl (an innovation that Bengt Lidström was known for), and working into the flat split surface of the half log. … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, layout, patterns, proportions, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged alder bowl, fluted bowl, roof top bowl
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On Flutes and Aging
I don’t know much about cheese or scotch, but I’ve heard they can improve if you just let them sit around awhile. The same might be said for wood sometimes. This maple bowl underway is from a log that hung around in … Continue reading
Posted in green woodworking, holding, layout, patterns, Uncategorized
Tagged fluted bowl, maple bowl, spalting
12 Comments