Commissioned bowl
A friend who happens to be a woodworker with lots of scrap pieces put together this bowl blank. The rim and foot are cherry. The center is two perpendicular slabs of maple. 8.25″ W x 4.5″ H. Beeswax and mineral oil finish.
Pearwood
The pear tree died several years ago and the the treehouse was finally removed. This bowl is 10.5″ W x 4.5″ H and finished with beeswax and mineral oil.
Red Maple Tree
This is the Red Maple Tree that figures prominently at the Exchange. It stands alone and had found its own asymmetrical balance through the years. It is approximately 90 years old. It remains fairly easy to climb as the branches spiral around the trunk up to the crown.
Refurbished Bowl
This bowl was refurbished for someone. It had been a wedding gift and well loved over the years. The finish had failed. Sandpaper grits used: 120, 180, 220, 320, 400. Finished with Howard’s Butcher Block mineral oil and beeswax. Good to go.
Quarter Sawn Walnut Bowl
8 inches wide x 4 inches high. Boiled linseed oil finish. This piece is from a black walnut tree that fell in a storm several years ago. This bowl features the sapwood and a small accent from the bark layer.
Spalted Maple Bowl
Spalted maple bowl, 9.5″ x 3.5″, Tried and True finish. (30 April 2024 / DJF).
Walnut Bowl
Walnut bowl, 10″x3.5″, boiled linseed oil finish. (5 May 2024 / DJF)
Woodland Creatures Second Series #5
Constructed from: Found TR15 stem from Dave’s 1949 Chevy 3100, pistachio shells, immature acorns, white pine cone scales, oak wasp gall, Norway maple samaras, love-in-a-puff seed pod, larch cone, sassafras base.
Woodland Creatures Second Series #4
Okra seed pod, Norway maple, oak wasp gall, multiflora rose, peppercorn, white pine scale, red oak acorn cap, ginkgo leaf and stem, pistachio, feather.
Woodland Creatures Second Series #3
Created from black-eyed peas, rice, lilac, wine bottle & cork, pistachio.