Fallen Leaves
7 3/4″ diameter x 1″
Cherry
This was a very fun project. It started with turning a rather shallow bowl. The trick is to get a nice continuous curve on the inside of the “bowl”. However, the outside doesn’t have to be quite as nice because that is the side you do the carving on. After laying out the various leaves, you drill out all the open spaces then start “layering” the leaves. Once the basic shapes were defined I decided to make some of the leaves “upside down” in my leaf pile. The “face” side of a maple leaf is smoother than the “bottom” so some of the leaves have a smooth surface and others have a textured surface. I did not stain this, the color differences of the leaves are due only to the different surface texturing.
Photography by CR Washburn
Trinity Bowl
7″ diameter x 1 3/8″
Cherry
I call this a bowl, but with all those holes in the “bottom” it doesn’t make a very good bowl. And, the carving is on the bottom of the “bowl” so you have to turn it upside down to be able to look at it. In reality it is designed to be a wall hanging – a piece of art – not a bowl. As I was carving it, I thought it would look better if I made the Trinity knot look like it was made out of vines or branches. So I used my wood burner to make it look like it had bark.
Photography by CR Washburn