Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 15"

gouging out the inside

gouging out the inside

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 18"

drilling out the depth hole

drilling out the depth  hole

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 15"

Babas bowlworks 3.0

Babas bowlworks 3.0

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x13"

More babasbowlworks 3.0

More babasbowlworks 3.0

Step one

Step one
Sawzilla

bowlworks panorama

bowlworks panorama

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8"x 13"

The big bandsaw rounds one up

The big bandsaw rounds one up

putting an edge on the gouge

putting an edge on the gouge

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 15"

Gouge Inside

Gouge Inside

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8"x18"

bowlworks panorama

bowlworks panorama

Spalted Elm

Spalted Elm
6" x 12"

babas beauty bark

babas beauty bark

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 14"

measuring for depth

measuring for depth

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8"x15"

drama

drama

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
7" x13"

chucked up

chucked up

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 18"

chucking it up

chucking it up

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8"x 14"

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
7" x 13"

bandsaw cutoffs

bandsaw cutoffs

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8"x 14"

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8" x 14"

screwing on the chuck cleat

screwing on the chuck cleat

Spalted Elm

Spalted Elm
8" x 8"

sweeping up

sweeping up

Walnut

Walnut
7"x17"

Scary old viking guy

Scary old viking guy

Locust

Locust
10" x 10"

the pile

the pile

Spalted Elm

Spalted Elm
8" x 8"

Setting up for the inside cuts

Setting up for the inside cuts
Adjusting the skate wheels

Elm

Elm
9"x20"

The wood

All these bowls are made from Seattle urban necessary tree removal salvage or from recycled lumber. For example, the mahogany was from canned food crates from SE Asia. Most are from older trees that fall or are threatening to.

I am so grateful to the tree services for leaving me choice cuts when they remove trees. They have shown great sensitivity to wanting the wood to go to a higher purpose than firewood, and know so much about the trees and which wood I might do something with.

When I cut the trees up for bowl blanks, I try to guess what is going on inside there that might come out in an interesting way in a bowl.

Sometimes it is so surprising when I see the bowl that finds it's way out through my cuts on the spinning wood.

The finish is tung oil or linseed oil. All these bowls are food safe. Just wipe them out and keep oiled with any food safe oil such as tung or walnut, lemon or orange or linseed.

Maple

Maple

wolverine room

wolverine room

wolverine room 3.0

wolverine room 3.0

Deodara

Deodara
8"x20"

Silver Maple

Silver Maple
8"x 14"

More bandsaw cutoffs

More bandsaw cutoffs

Maple drying

Maple drying

Galleries

I have a nice selection of bowls at Zinc Interiors + Art at 3rd and main in Edmonds and Mrs Cooks in U Village, Northwest Fine Woodworking, and The Gold Mountain Gallery in Telluride and Aspen CO. Or I can be contacted directly by email. Also at Cello in Bozeman, Montana. And soon a new gallery in Bigfork!

Spalted Elm

Spalted Elm
6"x 10"

Maple

Maple

Birch

Birch
Not an easy one!

Maple

Maple
8"x20"

Leather soaked with Elm-juice

Leather soaked with Elm-juice

Birch

Birch

I likes me some gouges.

I likes me some gouges.

Prop with Bowls

Prop with Bowls

Elm

Elm
8"x18"

Elm

Elm
7"x 14"

Cherry

Cherry
17"x6"

Introducing Baba's Bowls

table of bowls

table of bowls

Elm

Elm
8"x21"

Shop Exterior

Shop Exterior

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus
15"x5"

Drying Rack

Drying Rack
Elm

Elm

Elm
15"x7"

Tool tray

Tool tray

Elm

Elm
8"x21"

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus
18"x5"

The Scraper

The Scraper

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus
10"x2"

Poser

Poser
St. Patricks Day

Elm

Elm
9"x 13"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
9" x 21"

3 o'clock

3 o'clock

Elm

Elm
16"x6"

Down the Hall

Down the Hall

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple

Maple

Maple
5"x19"

Maple Burl

Maple Burl
4"x12"

Cowboy up

Cowboy up
17"X8"

In the corner, the old shop

In the corner, the old shop

Maple with void

Maple with void
5"x13"

Riding the bevel

Riding the bevel

Mahogany/ebony/purpleheart/poplar

Mahogany/ebony/purpleheart/poplar
4"x22"

The shavings pile up

The shavings pile up

Cherry

Cherry
14"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
20"

Over the shoulder

Over the shoulder

Cherry with void

Cherry with void
5" x 20"

Cherry

Cherry
11"

The Bowlworks, ver.01

The Bowlworks, ver.01

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
18"

Deodara

Deodara
7"x 20"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
14"

Cyprus

Cyprus
6"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
3"x13"

Cherry with void

Cherry with void
5"x 18"

Pure gold

Pure gold

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple

Pine

Pine
24"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
15"/18"

Mango

Mango
6"x14"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
3"x10"

Walnut

Walnut

ELM

ELM
8"X15"

Spalted Maple

Spalted Maple
17"

Turning

Turning

Thursday, September 2, 2010

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