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Sinuous Side Panels
A week or two ago, a friend had a red maple (Acer rubrum) tree down, and I was happy to help him cut it up and rescue a few chunks for bowls. The creamy white wood might represent a great … Continue reading
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Tagged Bengt Lidstrom, bowl design, layout, red maple, side panels
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White Oak Bowl — Layout
This past winter I made a couple rocking chairs from white oak. An extra bolt from the white oak log had been sitting around since then, and I decided to carve a bowl from it. I guess I’m a glutton … Continue reading
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Tagged layout, patterns, white oak
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Round Top
I recently completed the green-carving stage of a walnut bowl. This log was twenty-seven inches long with heartwood about fifteen inches wide. I wanted the rim of the bowl to sweep gently downward from the handles to the middle. When … Continue reading
Measuring Beauty?
The question of measuring beauty — that is objective assessment beyond “Very nice,” “Exquisite,” “This appeals to me” — has troubled scholars and other laymen at least from the time of the Greeks. And, beginning with the Greek philosophers, there … Continue reading
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Tagged compass, layout, patterns, walnut
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A Windfall Goose
I found this stylized goose bowl in the curve of a wind-fallen cherry tree. Usually, we think of “finding” spoons in the crooks of tree branches, but I occasionally find bowls as well. Grain flowing through the form allows for lightness, … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, bowls, cherry, goose, layout, logs
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Hollowing with an Adze
Following up on my last post about adze design, I wanted to share a series of photos that show the procedure for my adze work. At the stage of the first photo (above), I’ve hewn and hand planed the upper and … Continue reading
The Compass Goose
I recently completed this commission for a goose-inspired bowl in walnut. In some ways it may seem to be quite a departure from a “regular” bowl form, but the process is essentially the same. As is typical, I work … Continue reading
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Tagged bowls, compass, layout, walnut
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Ellipse Layout
Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. –Victor Hugo An ellipse is an endlessly adaptable shape that … Continue reading