Hi Hardy, how exciting! Appreciate you taking the time to comment and encourage us to finish up the series :) Definitely a fun hobby, spoons and smaller bowls are great as well to get your feet wet. Happy to answer any questions if you have them!
What a find! Thank you so much for posting your excellent video series. You are a great instructor. I have been into traditional woodcraft for years but am relatively new to bowl carving. I loved your diagram and explanation of how the grain works (in another video). Making the troughs is a great idea that I will try next. Also, thank you for posting the tools that you use. I am very happy to have found this series. Thanks again. You have a new subscriber here and I look forward to exploring the other contents of your channel.
Hi Rick, thank you for the kind words and so happy you found the series useful! The channel has gardening content during the growing season and I’ll post carving content in the fall / winter. Happy carving to you!
Good questions! The wood is intentionally kept green or wet to facilitate carving with hand tools. This wood is quite wet (log weighed 160 pounds!). Care must be taken to not allow too much moisture loss until the bowl is thin enough to move with the shrinking grain while it dries, however. The bowl blank is currently wrapped in plastic and outside in freezing weather to prevent drying.
Pure Magic!
The magic was cutting out all the tedious parts 🤣 But thank you, appreciate the encouragement!
It's already beautiful-- I can't wait to see the next step!
Thanks Jenna, hope it turns out, I guess that’s the problem with posting the videos before the final product! 😬
Beautiful grain and coloring. There's a lot of character in the log.
Thanks Clyde, always fun to see what you end up getting when you scavenge a log! This pear turned out nice :)
I’m super excited to be following along! You’re inspiring me to follow along with my own block to give my hand a try at this- cheers!
Hi Hardy, how exciting! Appreciate you taking the time to comment and encourage us to finish up the series :) Definitely a fun hobby, spoons and smaller bowls are great as well to get your feet wet. Happy to answer any questions if you have them!
Loving this series!
So glad you are enjoying it! 😊
Glad I found your videos today - excellent job. Nice pacing and teaching style with very good information. Well done!
Hi Brad, thank you so much, I appreciate the feedback and taking the time to comment! One more episode to go in a few weeks :)
What a find! Thank you so much for posting your excellent video series. You are a great instructor. I have been into traditional woodcraft for years but am relatively new to bowl carving. I loved your diagram and explanation of how the grain works (in another video). Making the troughs is a great idea that I will try next. Also, thank you for posting the tools that you use. I am very happy to have found this series. Thanks again. You have a new subscriber here and I look forward to exploring the other contents of your channel.
Hi Rick, thank you for the kind words and so happy you found the series useful! The channel has gardening content during the growing season and I’ll post carving content in the fall / winter. Happy carving to you!
Hello my friend..here new friend. Thank you for sharing
Happy you liked the video, thank you! 😊
Does wood need to be completely dry, or can you use freshly cut log?
Good questions! The wood is intentionally kept green or wet to facilitate carving with hand tools. This wood is quite wet (log weighed 160 pounds!). Care must be taken to not allow too much moisture loss until the bowl is thin enough to move with the shrinking grain while it dries, however. The bowl blank is currently wrapped in plastic and outside in freezing weather to prevent drying.