Lonely Walnut Bowl
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I made this bowl for my friend Roger, the wood cutter. He is always cutting trees up into firewood and he saved 8 walnut logs for me so I made this out of the first ones I processed. I made 8 bowl blanks out of 2 logs and I turned this one right away and it warped but did not crack. It is 5 3/4” x 6” and 2 1/2” high. It is finished with Danish oil and clear lacquer and then buffed and waxed.I call it the lonely bowl because I took 7 blanks to school and none of the kids touched them for 3 days and they all cracked so I scrapped them all. From now on I'll rough out 4 bowls right way and then take them to school after they dry a bit. I wanted them to get the feeling of cutting green wood instead of that dry stuff they use all the time.Cheers, Jim
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Carved Wood Bowl
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This is a bowl I carved in 1965 in wood shop class, when I was 13. The bottom is mahogany, the top is (I think) white pine. Finished with nitrocellulose lacquer that has yellowed beautifully in the intervening 54 years. The outside was band saw cut and the inside of course took some chisels. I'll be dogged if I could tell anyone anything about those chisels, though! It has a few dents in it, due to having been used a bit.ETA: A side view, though it's a bit dark.
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Carving Calligraphy
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This is one project I started last year and now finished as I am preparing to attend a craft fair next month. The letters and frame parts are hand carved walnut and cherry and the backer board is poplar. I like the color combination and plan on using it on other projects. To darken the walnut I used Beliens walnut wood filler, then I finished the letters with 1 coat of shellac, detailed sanded, then oiled with linseed and then waxed with beeswax/linseed mix. The backer board is unfinished.
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