5 1/4" Pecan Pedestal Bowl

I have to admit I was rather please with this little bowl.  In my opinion it would look perfect sitting on a desk full of pistachios or M&M’s or other tasty treats.  Measuring up to the brim it holds 1 ½ cups.  Another thought would be use it as a personal pudding bowl!  Use it with confidence as the wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil based wax.  With this combination the bowl has a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  The diameter is 5 ½” and the height is 2 ¾” and the depth comes to 1 ½”.  The base is wide enough for this bowl to be used as a catch all for keys and change or someone might even use it for their potpourri.  I burned 3 lines on the underside for decorative purposes.  With the natural colors of this wood and a finish that allows you to still feel the grain, this bowl is certainly a one of a kind and a winner!  4Nov17  BLP171    For more info see:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/569653715/5-12-pecan-pedestal-bowl

Superb 8 1/4" Pecan Serving bowl

Sometimes when I am turning a bowl I like to guess what the capacity of the bowl is going to be.  I was off a cup with this one.  I was guessing it would be a 5 cupper but it’s a 4 cupper with a little bit to spare.  All in all a nice capacity for the average family serving bowl.  After all, hardly no one puts veggies and smashed spuds in a bowl only up to the edge of the brim!  They pile it on in there.  The bowl measures 8 ¼” in diameter, 3” high and 2” deep.  The wood was first sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil/shellac mixture.   Using a combination such as this gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  I burned a line on the top of the rim and just below it on the outside for decorative purposes.  Use this bowl with confidence and it will look good anywhere you use it.  3Nov17  BLP170  For more info see:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/569423921/superb-8-14-pecan-serving-bowl

Tasteful Red Oak Pedestal Bowl

Turned from Southern Red Oak, or Spanish Oak, or even Texas Oak this bowl certainly will look good no matter where you put it.  The subtle yet tasteful natural colors of the wood make this piece stand out.  Part of the story of this piece is it was originally going to be a large and deep bowl.  The wood while drying cracked too much to do that with so I kept turning it until I thought I could get a nice cookie jar.  Nope.  Kept turning until you see what you see.  The wood still has some minor flaws in it but to me that adds to the rustic appeal of the piece.  Any cracks were filled and sealed with clear glue and natural dust.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and finished with a walnut oil based wax.  This gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  I burned a line at the juncture of the base and the bowl for decorative reasons only.  The bowl is 7 ½” in diameter, 4” high, and 2 ½” deep.  The volume measured out to exactly 4 cups to the brim.  30Oct17  BLRO71 For more info see:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/554634118/tasteful-red-oak-pedestal-bowl

Itty Bitty Pecan Bowl

When you think about it, everybody has a use for a bowl of this size.  You might put nuts or candy or change and keys or even potpourri in it.  And when you take in the natural color of pecan that this bowl was turned from you can’t help but love it.  It holds a whopping 1 cup measured to the brim.  The diameter is 5” with a height of 1 ½” and is 1” deep.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil/shellac mixture.  This combination gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  18Sep17  BLP169  For more info see:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/566262269/itty-bitty-pecan-bowl

Log Haul Results

Hauled two car hauler trailers full of wood into the log yard yesterday.  One of pecan

and the other was cottonwood.

The average diameter of the pecan is 18" and the cottonwood 32".  This ought to keep me sorta busy for a bit.

Elegant Cottonwood Serving Bowl

Cottonwood is one wood that I think might be just a tad bit underrated.  A lot of people just aren’t all that familiar with it.  Granted it is a soft wood but therefore it is lightweight.  For a lot of people that can be very important.  Besides being soft it is a fibrous wood which has a lot of pros with very few cons.  The main con for this wood is there seems to always be some natural burring in it that you just cannot sand out as it runs all the way through the piece.  To me that just adds to the rustic appeal.  There is a crack in the bottom area that was sealed completely with clear glue and natural dust and coffee grounds.  The same thing with one on the outside.  The bowl is 11” in diameter, 3 ½” high and 2 ½” deep.  The volume is a fabulous ½ gallon to the brim.  This bowl held water just fine.  Just picture it full of your favorite salads or veggies.  And, don’t forget your popcorn!  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil/shellac mixture.  This combination gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  The mixture was mixed about 50/50 which enables you to still feel the natural grain of the wood.  9Oct17  BLCW84  For more info see:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/563634853/elegant-cottonwood-serving-bowl

Nice Elm Candy/Nut Bowl

The natural color of the wood that this bowl was turned from is really nice looking.  You have a perfect blend of dark and light that only Mamma Nature can provide!  The bowl has a somewhat pedestal form to it and it holds a nice amount of 1 ½ cups measured to the rim.  Of course if you pile up a bunch of nuts or candies in it there will be more than that.  The diameter is 6 ¼” and the height is 2”.  The depth comes to 1 ¼”.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a wax that is walnut oil based.  Totally renewable with olive oil.  Using a combination like this gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  3Oct17  BLE59 For more info see:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/548523342/nice-elm-candynut-bowl