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Naturally, in the course of performing craftwork, many crafted objects are produced, for which new homes must be found. And of course it's always nice to have something to defray the high cost of working! So, I am making many of the pieces I produce available, via this web site. All items are well crafted and finished with oil and/or wax (oil alone being preferred for a bowl to be used with food, wax for display), and include instructions for care. I accept payment in the form of personal checks and MOs, as well as through the on-line payment service PayPal, and all prices are + the actual cost of shipping.

I think these are among the very best utilitarian wood bowls available today, in design, execution, beauty and function. Each item has been created individually, designed, turned and finished, the product of a sensitive and knowledgable human mind and hand. They attempt to represent a modest kind of Art, rise well above the ordinary, and so represent real bargains compared with most less expensive manufactured goods.

Please feel free to contact me by email me if you are interested in any of the items offered.

Item # 138 - Bowl, Rimmed - California Live Oak - $120.00 signed

2007 - 11 1/2" Diam X 4 5/8" H

Chip or Popcorn Bowl

"Big enough for 4 generous servings," this bowl is turned from a chunk of Live Oak which was mostly sapwood, there being just a couple of spots of heartwood along the rim, the rest a continuous field of almost uniform edgewise ray fleck figure. Though perfectly smooth, strong and beautiful, this wood is generously porous, especially in one area (see the image), adding to its natural charm and appeal. This bowl is quite thin for its size (~1/4"), with a delicate, elegant rim. It has a tiny 1/2" long filled crack in its base ring (visible at about 5 o'clock in the rim photo), but is otherwise virtually flawless.

Item # 139 - "Vortex" bowl - California Live Oak - $35.00 signed

2007 - 9 1/4" L x 8 11/16" W x 4 1/4" H

Display or Centerpiece Bowl

Turned after the similar forms developed by Phil Brown, this and #140 make great stands for an object of interest, e.g. a large Sugar pine cone or other object of interest. These bowls are turned from green wood, and warp nicely afterward.

!tem # 140 - "Vortex" bowl - California Live Oak - $30.00 signed

2007 - 7 5/8" L x 7 5/16" W x 4 3/8" H

Display or Centerpiece Bowl

Again, inspired by the work of Phil Brown, this and #139 make great stands for any object of interest, e.g. a large Sugar pine cone or other. This turning is slightly smaller than #139, with a nicely rippled edge.

Item # 141 - Natural Edge Bowl - California Live Oak - $50.00 signed

3/2008 - 7 1/4" L x 5 7/8" W x 4 3/4" H

Natural Edge Bowl with Bark

This bowl has a nearly perfect parabolic shape, with a break in the bark which gives it a nice craggy look.

Item # 142 - Natural Edge Bowl with Flared Rim - White Ash - $60.00 signed

3/2008 - 8 1/4" L x 6 7/16" W x 4 5/16" H

Natural Edge Bowl with Bark

The slight flare in the upper rim of this bowl gives it a delicate elegance.

Item # 143 - Bowl, slightly closed - California Live Oak - $35.00 signed

5/2007 - 5 11/16" Diam x 3 5/8" H

This small bowl is about half sapwood and half heartwood, with a thick pad foot. A very solid little bowl, which is interesting to look at, and which will last 1000 years if we let it. I keep odds and ends on my desk in small bowls like this.

Item # 144 - Simple Bowl - Black Walnut - $25.00 signed

3/2008 - 5 7/8" Diam x 2" H

A small, simple bowl with a knot and a pad foot. This fine little bowl is just as beautiful as, and even more reliable than, your Lexus! It has a small, tight, black knot, and some lighter sapwood on one side.

Item # 145 - Small Conical Bowl - Afzelia xylay - $45.00 signed

3/2008 - 4 3/8" Diam x 2 1/8" H

This small, fine bowl, has a couple of spots of heartwood and a window. Afzelia xylay is also known as New Guinea Rosewood. It is very hard and heavy, with very fine grain, and takes a very smooth finish. Note the very subtle S-curve of the profile, of which the photos do no justice.

Item # 146 - Elegant Small Bowl - Narra (Amboyna) - $50.00 signed

3/2008 - 5 3/4" Diam x 2" H

This small, fine bowl is, in MHO, exquisite. Thin and even in thickness, and almost glass smooth. The subtle thin ring around the pad base (slightly indented) is nice. Narra, like the Afzelia above, is very hard, with fine grain, and takes a very fine finish.

Item # 147 - Natural Edge Bowl - California Live Oak - $50.00 signed

3/2008 - 8 3/4" L x 6 3/4" W x 5" H

The shape of the log determined that this bowl would take on an irregular oval shape. The breaks in the bark are natural, the result of a natural weak spot and shrinkage during drying. Far from being a flaw, such "crags" add a lot of character.

Item # 148 - Natural Edge Bowl - Ash - $50.00 signed

3/2008 - 8 5/8" L x 7 1/4" W x 4 1/4" L

This bowl, with its relatively broad base, stands easily. As is commonly the case, there are a few small bits of bark missing.

Item # 149 - Rounded Bowl - California Live Oak - $50.00 signed

2007 - 8 3/8" Diam x 3 7/8" H

The well-rounded shape is rather sensuous, and the patch of heartwood is almost mural-like. It stands comfortably on a small pad foot.

Item # 150 - Footed Platter - California Live Oak - $25.00 signed

4.25.2007 - 11" Diam x 2 3/8" H

This bowl/platter flares to about 3/8" thick at the rim - about 1/4" elsewhere. Visible in the image at the upper right, this item has numerous cracks, which formed along the lines of the medulary ray figure, which are filled with a transparent polymer filler.

Item # 151 - Natural Edge Bowl - California Live Oak - $60.00 signed

3.2008 - 11 7/32" L x 8 1/4" W x 5 5/8" H

This large natural edge bowl is a little taller on one end than on the other. And being large, relative to the size of its base, this bowl is a little more tippy than most of the others. But worth it! Carefully loaded with whatever you want to display, it will put on a good show!

Item # 152 - Deep Natural Edge Bowl - Acacia - $50.00 signed

2007 - 6 5/8" L x 6 1/4" W x 5" H

This bowl is beautifully rounded, deep and thin. The pad foot is no bigger than a quarter, yet the form rests easily on it.

Item # 153 - Conical Bowl - Mystery Wood - $20.00 signed

3/2008 - 6 1/8" Diam x 3 1/8" H

This simple bowl was made from a distinctly reddish hardwood log I found by the roadside near my home, which has yet to be identified. The wood is really quite attractive! After rough turning and drying for 4 months, I thought it was dry. Not! As I turned it, it warped a little, and then afterwards some more, so that it is not quite round, not quite symmetrical, and even the thickness, though close, is not quite even. Still, it has a certain charm, which may stem from at first looking regular enough in form, but being not in fact quite so regular as it first appears.

Item # 154 - Closed, Laminated Vessel - Zebrano & Black Walnut - $40.00 signed

4.1.2007 - 5 3/4" Diam x 4" H

The walls of this piece are about 3/8" thick, and are unfinished on the inside. "Closed" means the opening at the top is narrower than the widest part if the interior. Some bowls are only slightly closed, the constriction at the top being only slightly smaller than the widest part of the interior (see #s 143 and 149).

Item # 155 - Birch Plywood & Black Walnut - $25.00 initialed

2007 - 4 1/2" Diam x 4 5/16" H

This is one of my earliest experiments in turning hardwood/plywood laminates.

Item # 156 - Natural Edge Weed Pot - Mystery Wood! - $25.00 unsigned

2007 - 6 1/2" Diam x 6 1/4" H

Again, this came from a log for which I have no information, a consequence of using free wood. It's very dark, and has a pith crack (VERY common) up the middle, which does nothing to interfere with its role as a vase for dried weeds or herbs, and everything for its character. I may do a little more finishing on this piece before it is sold.

Some Fine Print :

Ordering :

The usual way to order from me would be to email me by clicking the link on any of my pages. If you are interested in a particular item, just give me the item number of that object, and declare your interest in buying it. I will get back to you to confirm its availability, and email you an invoice with the total price due, including shipping costs.

Once I have done that, please email again me giving your full name, postal mailing address, and how you will be making payment. I accept checks and money orders, and may also be paid through the online payment service PayPal. Your bowl will usually be shipped within a day of two after payment has been received.

It is easy to sign up for a PayPal account (just go to https://www.paypal.com/), which will permit the use of a credit card, at no additional cost to the buyer (and without sharing your credit info with anyone else).

Some other considerations :

Large chunks of fine, green hardwood are scarce and difficult to procure, or expensive. Being natural materials, they are rarely perfect. I try to use local wood I have available as much as possible, and not to waste any more than is strictly necessary. Therefore my bowls, like most other better handmade wood bowls, will have an occasional tiny filled split, or a few wormholes, for example. I keep these to a minumum, in my first quality (signed) pieces, unless they contribute positively to the piece. If not, they will always be small and unobtrusive.

Handmade objects, of any natural material, but especially of wood, should not be judged by exactly the same standards as manufactrured items. Crafted items are sometimes less perfect than manufactured ones in some respects. However, they are also likely to be much MORE perfect in many other respects, and also, being the product of an active, sensitive mind and a skillful hand, will always have much more "soul" than anything cranked out on an assembly line.

Buyers should be aware that bowls with small bases require flat, hard surfaces and even loading to stand properly. Given those conditions, which are mostly easy to provide, they can make a most elegant display.

I may as well mention that as a one man band, finding wood, turning and finishing bowls, selling them, and maintaining this web site, not to mention designing, planning and recording and raising a 4 year old daughter, as well as taking some time for dreaming, it may sometimes take as many as 2 or 3 days to respond to inquiries. Please be patient. I want and very much appreciate your business.

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