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I noticed this dung beetle packing up some sheep manure yesterday morning.  It is a beautiful sight.  #dungbeetle #smallfarm. #nature #dungbeetle “A Man Walks Into A Clearing” Two or maybe even three years ago, my friend @sethwieck asked me to make a group of communion chalices and a patten for his family to practice and remember  and enter into the body and blood of Christ.  There would be four cups, representing four Old Testament covenants that God had made with men: Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses. (I’m starting to recognize how these patterns, these repetitions are a way of living in the eternal, though I couldn’t explain it). Seth put one of the most overwhelming requests in my lap that I have ever taken up.  I struggled and what came out was much more simple than what I envisioned - and I still struggle with how they came out.  It’s so hard to make things when you know there is no way to get it “right”- and yet the interesting converse is that there is most likely no way of getting it wrong, short of not trying at all and allowing poor workmanship.  The cups and plates are finally in Seth’s patient hands and I pray, please God may they bring the blessing of Your goodness and presence. #sacredcraft #sacredart #woodcarving #woodwork #communion #covenant #making Noah’s cup.  #woodworking #communion #eucharist #covenant #noah #woodcarving #art Abraham’s cup.  #woodworking #woodcarving #woodturning #communion #eucharist #art #covenant Work in progress- painting of a scene from the the book of Revelation. #art #painting #oilpainting #revelation #spiritualart Osage Orange cup representing the covenant of God with/ through Moses.  #woodworking #art #woodturning #woodcarving #communion #covenant wounded and carved Osage plate #wood #communion #covenant #woodworking

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The School of the Transfer of Energy

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Carved Bowls in Cottonwood and Birch

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Carving bowls helps me to live on the land

Posted on February 15, 2013 by jackbaumgartner Posted in Bone Meal Bread, bowls and vessels, craft, design, land, technique and process, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork Tagged birch, carved bowl, cottonwood, craft, design, green woodworking, hand tools, handmade, jack baumgartner, traditional woodwork, wood carving, wooden bowls, woodworking Leave a comment

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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Posted on December 30, 2012 by jackbaumgartner Posted in Bone Meal Bread, bowls and vessels, design, technique and process, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork Tagged adze, carved bowl, cottonwood, craft, design, handmade, handtools, making, photography, traditional woodwork, wooden ware, woodwork 10 Comments

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.

Posted on June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 by jackbaumgartner Posted in design, technique and process, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork Tagged adze, Axe, carved bowl, carving, traditional woodwork, woodworking 3 Comments

Osage Bowls

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

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Carved birch bowl.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by jackbaumgartner Posted in design, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork Tagged birch, carved bowl, osage orange, wooden bowls, woodturning, woodwork 3 Comments

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.

Posted on February 14, 2012 by jackbaumgartner Posted in technique and process, transfer of energy, wooden bowls, woodwork Tagged black walnut, carved bowl, design, locust, maple, woodcarving, wooden bowls, woodturning 4 Comments
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