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| No.711-28 |
Black Cherry Burl Bowl |
$175 |
| 2.5x6.5" |
Uniform and dense burl grain is contrasted by the scorched, blackened interior. I was going for texture on this bowl. The surfaces are unsanded to show the unique texture created by the hand tools I use to shape each bowl. |
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| No.708-19 |
Sugar Maple Burl Bowl |
$175 |
| 3x7" |
Swirling grain patterns are punctuated with dark heartwood, voids, and bark inclusions incorporated into the blonde sapwood. This bowl has a wonderful rippling texture. |
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| No.711-27 |
Sugar Maple Bowl |
$150 |
| 3.5x8.5" |
This bowl is from a series I made from a large old maple that adorned the yard of what was likely among the original hill farms in Cambridge, VT. At the time I collected the wood, little did I know that I would soon find my own home just a few doors down the road. |
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| No. 707-15 |
Curly red maple bowl
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$350 |
| 5x12.5" |
The profile and form of this bowl are clean and unadorned to features the curly figure in the wood and the evenly balanced sections of heartwood at the rim. Looking into the bottom of the bowl reveals the deep curly figure which shimmers when moved. Three shallow grooves detail the outside of the piece. |
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| No.707-16 |
Black cherry bowl |
$150 |
| 3.5x9" |
A sharply contrasting patch of sapwood distinguishes this bowl. Upon closer inspection the rim is defined by a bead profile and a finely burned groove to delineate it from the bowl's wall. The color will darken to a deeper, more saturated hue in time. |
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| No.610-28 |
Black cherry bowl |
$700 |
| 7x17.5" |
This large bowl echoes the exceptional size of the black cherry tree from which it was turned. Large cherry is rare in Vermont. This one was growing along a field edge and had a spreading crown of foliage which is hinted at by the large area of sapwood in the bowl. I centered the work to provide a balanced grain pattern which draws the focus to the center of the piece. This bowl has substantial presence and will make a beautiful centerpiece or serving bowl that will feed many. |
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| No.711-31 |
Curly Red Maple Bowl |
$250 |
| 3.5x12" |
The shallow profile of this bowl shows the curly grain well. This bowl was a neighbor to the other curly maple bowls below - from the same tree. |
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SOLD |
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| No.711-32 |
Curly Red Maple Bowl |
$175 |
| 4x7.5" |
This bowl is made from the core-wood of bowl number 711-29. The wood has impressive figure and dark streaks - a response from the tree to being tapped for maple syrup. |
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| No.711-33 |
Curly Red Maple Bowl |
$175 |
| 3.5x7.5" |
This bowl is made from the core-wood of bowl 711-30 described below. It has dense curly figure and a delicate bead to adorn the rim. |
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SOLD |
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| No.711-34 |
Sugar Maple Bowl |
$350 |
| 5x15.5" |
This is the largest of three nested bowls. Each is made from the wood within the next larger bowl. They came from a very gnarly log that would likely have been overlooked for conventional uses. This piece features several birds-eyes and dark mineral streaking. |
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SOLD |
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| No.711-35 |
Sugar Maple Bowl |
$300 |
| 5x14" |
At the time this bowl was still in the tree it was nested between the bowls shown above and below. The profile is roughly hemispherical and raised upon a distinctive foot. The grain swirls around near the rim of the bowl adjacent to a small branch that had formed while the tree was young.
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| No.711-36 |
Sugar Maple Bowl |
$175 |
| 3"x11" |
The smallest of the nested bowls, this was closest to the heart of the tree and thus contains mostly the darker heartwood. The lines and transitions in this bowl's profile are gradual and smooth.
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| No.711-29 |
Curly Red Maple Bowl |
$250 |
| 5x10.5" |
This wood was harvested from a small family forest in my town to improve the growing conditions for maple syrup production. After the landowner split the first piece for firewood he realized that this tree had grown very prized curly grain and my phone rang shortly thereafter. This bowl is also adorned with a burned groove to delineate the beaded rim from the bowl's body and a comet-like streak of color indicating the proximity of a historical maple syrup tap. |
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| No.711-30 |
Curly Red Maple Bowl |
$250 |
| 4.5x10.5" |
This bowl has very deep curly figure and a pronounced bead at the rim. It is from the same tree as the bowl described above.
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