The School of the Transfer of Energy

Bread Labor

Posted in art, Bone Meal Bread, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on May 25, 2012
Cabinet drawers
White oak frame
Cooler emboss and inlay
Carved Birch bowls

Osage Bowls

Posted in design, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on May 17, 2012

!st of 3 natural edge Osage Orange bowls.  This one is gone already, but 2 and 3 are available.

2 & 3

2

3

Carved birch bowl.

Pear-wood Bowls and Spoons

Posted in design, spoons, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on April 30, 2012

 

Yellow Carnage

The bright yellow carnage of green Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera).

Cutting bowl-blanks.

Osage Orange bowl on the lathe.

Building a deeper or longer tool-rest

New Vessels

Posted in technique and process, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on February 14, 2012

Dead-fall Black Walnut

Locust

Carved Black Walnut

Maple

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New Vessels in Black Walnut, Locust, and Maple.  Some of these bowls are for sale on the Work for Sale page.

Wormy Persimmon Bowl

Posted in wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on October 21, 2011

Two shots of a wormy persimmon bowl.  It took hours with a small pick to clean the sawdust compacted in the cavities.

In the Margins

Posted in art, Drawings, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on April 22, 2011

Photos of some business taking place in the margins of larger projects.

drawings of Ezra…

Persimmon bowl…

Show Bowls

Posted in wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on October 1, 2010

A few bowl turning pictures as I have been producing for a part in a few shows this fall.

Below is a stack including walnut, persimmon, ash, cypress and two elm species.

A few more added from above on the workbench, the same species as above with the addition of a few crab-apple.

Hollowing a large cypress bowl on the lathe using a 1/2 bowl gouge.

A few blow-ups from experimenting with the grind on a smaller bowl gouge.

Wooden Bowls at the Onion Tree

Posted in traditional woodcraft, wooden bowls by jackbaumgartner on July 27, 2010

Thanks to Bridgit Yinger, the Onion Tree in Wichita, Kansas is now carrying some of my bowls for sale.

Osage Orange Bowls

Posted in wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on February 12, 2010

Here is an osage orange, or hedge bowl.  It developed a small crack in the sapwood during drying.

Another osage bowl in various stages on the lathe.

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