Carved Bowls in Cottonwood and Birch

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Carving bowls helps me to live on the land

Carved Bowl in Cottonwood

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Below is a gallery documenting the process of carving a large bowl from 1/2 of a cottonwood log.

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Carved Birch Bowl

Carved birch bowl.

Using the adze, making a carving block.

Curved adze for initial hollowing.

Smoothing with a curved knife.

Shaping the outside with a hatchet.

Smoothing the outside with a hatchet.

Osage Bowls

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

2 & 3

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Carved birch bowl.

New Vessels

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.

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