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Goose-Inspired Sugar Maple Bowl
What a dull world if we knew all about geese! Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949) Geese still hold plenty of mystery for me. In this part of the world, they are Canada geese. Their abundance makes them easy … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, figure, finding wood, nature, quotes and excerpts, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged carved goose, goose bowl, maple bowl, maple goose, saw blade scraper
27 Comments
Silver Maple Bowl
Now that I’ve made several pieces from silver maple, I feel like I’m starting to understand its character. I compare it to a no-nonsense laborer who wears flashy underpants beneath his overalls. You know. Based on what I’ve read recently, … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, finding wood, green woodworking, historical reference, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged maple bowl, silver maple
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Bent Bowl
I’m the guy that orders vanilla ice cream at Baskin Robbins, so you can imagine how wild I felt carving this asymmetrical bowl. The silver maple log flared out wider at one end and also had a slight twist. Going with … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, finding wood, layout, Lettering, sketch, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged asymmetrical bowl, carved bowl, Harriet Monroe, maple bowl
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There’s No Blemish
In nature there’s no blemish but the mind, None can be called deformed but the unkind. — William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, scene iv As I was cutting and collecting this storm-fallen silver maple, I noticed in the end-grain … Continue reading
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Tagged maple bowl, shakespeare quote, There's no blemish, Twelfth Night
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Going with the Flow
Back in June, I wrote a post about splitting a large maple crook. Here it is again, sitting on a rock in the Little Shenango River. The arch from head through tail follows the grain of the crook, and the … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, bowls, finding wood, green woodworking, nature, photography, Uncategorized
Tagged golden retriever, goose bowl, maple 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
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Side Panel Carving
A few months ago, I wrote a post about laying out the side panels on this red maple bowl. Since then, the bowl dried and I carved over the surfaces again with paring cuts. By the way, calling this “soft … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, carving, holding, paint, patterns, Uncategorized
Tagged leaf carving, maple bowl, side panel
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