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Bowl and spoon
Feels like I've not posted any treen for a while - I've been too busy with other things. Last weekend we met at Wimpole, and having turned the front legs for my ladderback chair - the last components - I found myself with some time to spare so thought I'd try a first for me, a porringer. This is a small bowl with horizontal handles. I've seen some rather lovely ones by Robin Wood . There was some largish logs of Alder to go at. Alder can supply a range of colour dyes; red and yellow from the bark, and black if the tannin of the wood reacts with iron, so I expected perhaps an interesting result.
A tricky turning job. ... mine has a few warts; the alder was a tricky wood to turn without lifting and tearing out the grain. Also the blank is not round; the width of the log is the size of the bowl part, but it is cut off longer than it is wide to provide material for the handles. That means that in turning the handles, the hook tool can't stay with the bevel always in contact with the workpiece, making catches easily acheived and requiring a very light touch. The "flange" left on the bowl was trimmed with axe and spokeshave to the final shape of the handles.
The weekend before I picked up some wood waste for firewood; it was prunings from a large contorted willow. I'm not really much of a spoon carver, but splitting one of the spiral shaped branches down the middle produced a shape that begged to be made into something. Pity I didn't realise I was making a left handed one !
A tricky turning job. ... mine has a few warts; the alder was a tricky wood to turn without lifting and tearing out the grain. Also the blank is not round; the width of the log is the size of the bowl part, but it is cut off longer than it is wide to provide material for the handles. That means that in turning the handles, the hook tool can't stay with the bevel always in contact with the workpiece, making catches easily acheived and requiring a very light touch. The "flange" left on the bowl was trimmed with axe and spokeshave to the final shape of the handles.
The weekend before I picked up some wood waste for firewood; it was prunings from a large contorted willow. I'm not really much of a spoon carver, but splitting one of the spiral shaped branches down the middle produced a shape that begged to be made into something. Pity I didn't realise I was making a left handed one !
Chilli-head- Admin and Boss man
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Re: Bowl and spoon
As always, CH, that is just beautiful and why shouldn't it have a left handed spoon. You could make a unique set from your willow prunings.
Ploshkin- Posts : 1779
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What lovely work CH. And so very interesting to hear about the wood and the making process. LH spoon good in my book. My OH is a leftie.
FloBear- Posts : 868
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Re: Bowl and spoon
I love the spoon too - little versions, with bend either way, would be great for little hands. Seems just the right shape for a baby/toddler wanting to feed itself.
freebird- Posts : 2244
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Beautiful - I particularly like the handles on the bowl. Very clever.
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FloBear wrote: And so very interesting to hear about the wood and the making process.
The traditional uses of wood and the reasons why I find quite interesting. Alder has a variety of uses - as well as tannin for leather making and pigments, like willow it also contains the anti-inflammatory salicin. It has been valued for making guitar bodies (notably the Fender Stratocaster). However, one other traditional use was making charcoal for gunpowder. I presume the structure of the charcoal it makes allows it to be mixed very intimately with the other ingredients, which is the secret to a potent black powder.
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