HONEYCOMB BOWL
Black Cherry
This is one of the first bowls I finished after moving back to Maine in 2021.
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With a focus on texture, I got after it on this gorgeous piece of cherry - and I was not disappointed.
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Expect to see more texture like the honeycomb as I continue to explore the possibilities that exist!
FRUIT BOWL "MABEL"
Spalted Norway Maple
This bowl is (literally) an entire story itself. ​
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Someone reached out to me because their friend was moving out of a longtime home and wanted to see if I could make a bowl from the stump of a Norway Maple that had stood near the house nearly the entire time they owned it.
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It all worked out, and the gift giver wrote an alternative version of "The Giving Tree" to go along with the gift, telling the story of a tree named Mabel, from sprout to its final life as a bowl.
CONTRAST BOWL
Black Cherry and Black Walnut
This was an experiment from start to finish.
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I was looking at a piece of black walnut next to a black cherry log and thought "that looks awesome" so I glued the two pieces together and got to carving.
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I gave this initial bowl to a mentor and friend, but plan to make more like it since its such a gorgeous contrast of wood color and grain.
DOUGH BOWL & SPOON
Black Cherry
This was one of my earlier bowls, probably my 3rd or 4th if memory serves. I carved this out while living in West PA when a large black cherry fell in my father in laws back yard that I was able to harvest for carving (and cooking).
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Black cherry is plentiful in western PA and offers incredible grain patterns, as well as the contrast between the sapwood and heartwood.
PIPES, SPOONS &
OTHER THINGS
Misc. Woods
Making bowls is my focus at Lit Carvings, but creating those pieces generates a lot of scrap wood. To make sure nothing goes to waste, I utilize these scraps for various small projects, from spoons and dishes to ash trays and pipes, all of the wood gets used.
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The black cherry scraps that can't make it into a project all get used in the wood fired pizza oven!
