walnut spoon
walnut spoon
walnut spoon
planing a line
ash
four
solution
rough earth snake (I think)
rough earth – good name
if you like the spoon you can buy it here.
A few images of some recently completed spoons. Two are pear with relief carving and one is a smooth finished figured walnut. All three are for sale here.
From the Song of the Ancient, here is a small turned and carved vessel in black walnut and osage orange. The idea isn’t fully formed or unified, but it is advancing. As the yellow osage wood ages it will turn a deep red-orange, nearly as dark as the walnut.
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.
Below in an essay of photos is the cherry and walnut (red cedar, maple, and white oak as well) hope chest assembled, sanded, and awaiting hardware and finishing.
The School of the Transfer of Energy 