8 Sided 6 Cupper Cottonwood Bowl

This bowl is without any doubt nice looking.  It has a fairly large volume (6 cups) with a relatively small footprint.  Considering that it will not take up a lot of space on your dining table.  After all the diameter is only 9 ¾” with a height of 4” and a depth of 3”.  That will hold a pretty fair amount of salad or other goodies.  Use it for serving veggies or as a display bowl for fruits and nuts.  This bowl is kinda hard to go wrong with, ya know?  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil which took 2 coats rubbed in.  Then the bowl was finished with a mix of walnut oil and shellac with the mix being about 75% shellac.  After adequate drying the bowl was buffed at high speed.  Using a sealing and finishing combination like this the bowl has a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  Great bowl as a gift or get it for yourself and make folks jealous!  28Nov18

https://www.etsy.com/listing/662902029/6-sided-6-cupper-cottonwood-bowl

Cute 3 Corner Pecan Bowl

A lot of people will call this 3 corner bowl cute.  OK.  It’s cute.  It’s rustic.  What more can you ask for?  Oh, yeah.  It’s turned from pecan wood.  To tell a little secret on myself, this is actually sort of a failure.  This was going to be a 3 cornered jar, but the lid material did not work out so it became a bowl.  This extremely lightweight bowl is great for putting your pistachios in or other tasty nuts or other treats.  When you add the knot holes and grain pattern of this wood, you just cannot go wrong.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil.  The finishing was done with a mix of walnut oil and shellac, light on the shellac for a more subtle sheen.  Then it was buffed.  The diameter is 6” with a height of 3 ½” and a depth of 2” measured to the lowest point on the side.  The volume measured at 1 ½ cups.  Don’t pass this up!  26Nov18  BLP203

https://www.etsy.com/listing/662312255/cute-3-corner-pecan-bowl

Eye Pleasing 5 Sided White Oak Bowl

I think most folks will agree that this smallish sized bowl is definitely easy on the eyes.  The natural color of white oak is rather amazing in it’s own right.  The grain patterns along with a couple of really small knot holes add so much to this bowl besides the fact that it is 5 sided.  This wood can be extremely unforgiving while working with it, yet it does polish up nicely.   The wood that this bowl came from was a burl, so that made it doubly harder to work with.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil/shellac mix.  This combination gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  The base has a small footprint which a lot of folks really like.  The general diameter is 8” with a height of 2 ¾” and depth of 2”.  The volume measured at 3 cups.  Great bowl for nuts or even candy.  Some might use it as a catch all bowl for keys and change and such.  25Nov18  BLWO16

https://www.etsy.com/listing/648135442/eye-pleasing-5-sided-white-oak-bowl

8" Pecan Wood Natural Edge Bowl

There comes a time when you see something, you just gotta say “Wow!”.  And, you hear other say “How Rustic Looking!”.  This natural edge bowl turned out of beautiful pecan wood fits all of those descriptions.  And with it’s holding capacity measuring to the lowest side point of 5 cups that is a pretty large amount for this type of bowl.  It does hold liquids though it was not designed for that purpose.  This is a great piece to have on your table for displaying nuts and fruits and all kinds of tasty treats.  I am not gonna mention Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  OK?  Not gonna mention them.  UhUh.  The diameter of the bowl is 8” with a base diameter of 6”.  The highest wall point is 5 ¾” and the lowest comes to 4 ¼”.  The depth measured to the lowest point is 3”.  The bark was reinforced with clear glue and shellac to try and keep it in place.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil.  The finishing was done with a walnut oil and shellac mixture and then it was all buffed.  For a more rustic and natural appeal I mixed the finish heavier on the walnut oil for a more satin like sheen.  You can also feel the grain in the wood.  24Nov18  NEP38

https://www.etsy.com/listing/661762729/8-pecan-wood-natural-edge-bowl

Cottonwood Pedestal Bowl

We all see bowls of one kind or another everyday, I think.  A lot of them are from manmade materials and are simply put, just bowls.  But, now and then we see one that is rather remarkable.  This bowl turned from cottonwood falls into that category.  Not overly large in diameter (10 ¼”), it is still of a decent capacity of holding ¾ gallon measured to the brim.  With a height of 4 ¾” and a depth of 3 ¼”, all combined make this bowl remarkable.  Lest we forget the gorgeous natural colors of this wood.  The light and dark colors really make it stand out.  Whether you use it as a serving bowl or a display bowl for nuts and fruits, you will be proud to have this bowl sitting on your table.  Friends and family are gonna comment about it as well.  The wood was sealed with two coats of food grade walnut oil.  The finishing was done with a mixture of walnut oil and shellac.  Then the bowl was buffed with super fine steel wool.  Get this for yourself or even for a good friend or family member.  21Nov18  BLCW98

https://www.etsy.com/listing/660971763/remarkable-cottonwood-centerpiece-bowl

Fat Pecan Wood Jar

OK.  I know I called it a fat jar, and that may not be exactly right.  But, it is fatter in the middle than it is the base so maybe I can get away with it this time.  I promise not to call another jar fat.  Maybe.  Anyway if nothing else it is beautiful as it was turned from pecan wood.  While turning the lid I uncovered an interesting looking flaw and decided to keep it.  Adds a lot to the character of the jar I think.  I normally do a bit bulkier knob on the lid but I a good friend of mine in England keeps telling me I need to do skinnier knobs.  So, here one is.   The wood was sealed using food grade walnut oil.  The inside was finished using a walnut oil based wax taking two coats.  The outside was finished using a walnut oil/shellac mixture.  All of these give the jar a nice natural long lasting finish.  The outside diameter is 5” and the inside is 4”.  The total height is 6 ¼” with a vessel height of 4 ¾” and vessel depth of 4”.  The volume measured to be 2 ½ cups.  That’s a fair amount of pistachios.  Then again you might fill it with almonds, or even M&M’s.  Gotta get them in the write up, ya know?  19Nov18  BXP94

https://www.etsy.com/listing/660342223/fat-pecan-wood-jar