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Tag Archives: hen bowl
Nine, Ten, A …
I’ve made a number of these hen bowls now since the first one six years ago. Different wood species, some painted, some natural. It’s been interesting to take the same design concept and push, pull, and stretch it in different … Continue reading
Posted in ale bowls, bird bowls, proportions, Uncategorized
Tagged butternut bowl, butternut hen bowl, chicken bowl, hen bowl
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The Beginnings of a Rooftop Hen
There’s a hen bowl in that big chunk of butternut. I’ve made some of these bowls (call them hens, roosters, fowl…) using various log orientations, but the most common have been what I call rooftop bowls. The drawing below accompanied … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, layout, patterns, proportions, Uncategorized
Tagged bird bowl, bowl carving, butternut bowl, hen bowl, rooftop bowl, scorp
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Back to the Hens
I remember first seeing The Serenity Prayer on a trivet that hung on my grandmother’s kitchen wall: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, bowls, holding, layout, Uncategorized, walnut
Tagged bowl carving, hen bowl, walnut 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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Quiet Hen
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid. Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) No asteroid under this chicken. Since my last post, I finished her with oil … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, bowls, paint, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged alder bowl, chicken bowl, hen bowl, painted bowl
12 Comments