Wild Wood

Around late October, I put some time aside from whatever projects are ongoing in the shop to work on treen – woodenware.
Something is liberating about this. I usually work on projects like ship portraits, signs, or other fussy items where the portrayal’s accuracy is essential.

I follow the wood’s grain, texture, and color when I carve a spoon or frequently this fall bowls. I continue working through a pile of native cherry that my wood guy delivered to me two years ago. Unlike the staid straight-grained stuff used for paneling, flooring, or even traditional carving, bowl, and spoon wood shows the cherry’s wild side.

The spoons shown here are one of my wife’s anniversary presents, while the gathering of bowls is what I’ve completed this fall to date. In a future post, I’ll show more specific shots of the bowls. Hopefully, by January, they’ll become part of the offerings on a Shopify store I’ll be setting up.