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Hello All!
It's been a little while since I have been on the forums. Glad to be back!
I'm not sure that I mentioned this before, but..... I love bowls! I have been turning bowls for about 5 years or so. I have given many of them away and have many more all over the house. Some get daily use, others sit around and look pretty. As much as I love turning bowls, I have always had a desire to try and carve one. What I don't like about turning is that you are mostly limited to the round form. Yes, you can do some off center turning and produce some wild designs, but nothing like what you could produce from carving.
OK... So.... Enough about turning... This is a carving forum after all!
Below are some pics of a bowl that I power carved from a piece of redbud tree that I cut down around 2 years ago. The wood was fairly seasoned and hard. I didn't have to worry about the wood drying out too fast and splitting so I carved it from the end grain. The wood has spalting, knots, wild grain, and cracks which I think give it a lot of character. I carved the bowl mainly using an angle grinder and disks from King Arthur Tools. The bowl is finished with Danish Oil.
As always, critique, comments, criticism is welcome!
It's been a little while since I have been on the forums. Glad to be back!
I'm not sure that I mentioned this before, but..... I love bowls! I have been turning bowls for about 5 years or so. I have given many of them away and have many more all over the house. Some get daily use, others sit around and look pretty. As much as I love turning bowls, I have always had a desire to try and carve one. What I don't like about turning is that you are mostly limited to the round form. Yes, you can do some off center turning and produce some wild designs, but nothing like what you could produce from carving.
OK... So.... Enough about turning... This is a carving forum after all!
Below are some pics of a bowl that I power carved from a piece of redbud tree that I cut down around 2 years ago. The wood was fairly seasoned and hard. I didn't have to worry about the wood drying out too fast and splitting so I carved it from the end grain. The wood has spalting, knots, wild grain, and cracks which I think give it a lot of character. I carved the bowl mainly using an angle grinder and disks from King Arthur Tools. The bowl is finished with Danish Oil.
As always, critique, comments, criticism is welcome!
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