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Variations on a Bowl
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS CHILD
When you have reached the stage in woodturning when basic bowl turning no longer provides the challenge it once did, you might like to try your hand at making these two examples. One is a bowl with sides which curve round and form a stand, and the other is an… »
DELIBERATELY NATURAL WOODWORK
“…the richest vein is somewhere here abouts”—Henry David Thoreau
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY RICK MASTELLI
Shaping a Windsor chair seat would seem a straightforward task. Though the blank can be twenty inches wide and two inches thick—a substantial piece of wood—it’s typically straight-grained pine or poplar and only sometimes a more figured species. But wood always has… »
A Horse of a Different Sort
Building a shaving horse designed for bowls and more
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DAVID FISHER
I love to carve wooden bowls. To me, it is an ideal blend of traditional methods and endless design possibilities. I admire the merging curves and facets that blend into a pleasing whole and the feel of a hand-tooled surface that bears… »