Some wooden food bowls !

[Paulm]

Have been tidying up my workshop and timber horde recently and decided to use a few of the less thick turning blanks to make some shallow bowls for eating from

I've been woodturning for years and normally make decorative stuff with finishes that aren't suitable for food use, but inspired by Robin Woods championing of the practicalities of wooden bowls and plates as everyday eating utensils, and having seen some in use and popular with bushcrafters at camp, I thought it was time I turned a few up !

All have had the grain raised by dampening and sanding back lightly a couple of times and then three or four coats of walnut oil to finish.















Quite pleasing and satisfying to make and to handle

Cheers, Paul

 

[Forest Wonderer]

Beautiful!

 

[Clouston98]

They're brilliant mate!

 

[Macaroon]

Very nice indeed, and they are lovely to eat from, eh?

 

[georann]

Beautiful work! Are they for personal use or do you sell them?

 

[Mike313]

Lovely work! well done

 

[cranmere]

Lovely things!

 

[crosslandkelly]

Really nice work, I like those.

 

[ozzy1977]

Very nice work

 

[Dave Budd]

very nice I mostly use wooden bowls and plates myself. Much nicer than ceramic ones at home as well as when out. They keep your food warmer/cooler longer, don't burn your lap, don't screech when you cut food on them and are much more durable when dropped!

 

[Marmite]

Beautiful work, loving the grain, colours and spalting. Can I ask what wood is the first individual bowl pictured made from as I'm loving the almost flame like ripples in the wood

 

[MattF]

Very nice bowls Paul the grain look stunning on all of them

Matt

 

[Paulm]

Thanks guys, the "flamed" one is the only non-native timber, it wasn't labelled up or marked and has been in the wood store for years so I can't be certain but pretty sure it is macrocarpa, monterey cypress, which I vaguely remember picking up somewhere a long time ago. The blank looked pretty unpromising which is probably why it had been left so long, no sign of the figuring until turned. It really picks up the light and shimmers when you move it around, and the timber smells really strongly of pencil sharpenings being cypress I guess Think it's so strong a smell it might actually taint any food and looks really nice so might not actually use that one !

The others are native timbers I've gathered myself over the years and had seasoning in the wood store, oak, walnut, ash, and sycamore I think from memory.

Hadn't planned to sell any, but don't really need more than one or two for myself, so might need to take a look at what's involved in getting Makers status if I was to sell any or make more, but that might not be feasible if I only do a few now and again, not sure yet.


Cheers, Paul

 

[humdrum_hostage]

They look great! Brings back childhood memories as my mum used to have wooden bowls that were used for special occasions. I bet she still has them in the back of a cupboard somewhere!

 

[Monikieman]

I think they would go quickly if they came up for sale. Nicely made and a nice finish on them too.