Dishes
Articles with this tag discuss small bowl or hollow forms that I refer to as dishes to distinguish them in terms of their smaller size from bowls or vessels.
The Yellowheart looks like crushed satin in its figure and texture. The finished bowl is so smooth, so delicate seeming, and so colorful that it can't be real. I …
The first unknown I thought might be Hormigo but once I started to turn the piece I knew it couldn't be due to the smell of the wood which …
I enjoyed working with Hormigo although in some places the cross grain was incredibly difficult to sand out. I have unearthed old tools, bowl gouges to be exact, that …
I understand that Quina is highly variable in the appearance of the heartwood but this set of four, all sold to me as Quina by West Penn Hardwoods, whose …
I only had the one piece of Queenwood so my experience is limited. I found that Queenwood cut cleanly and easily, required only light sanding, and took a very …
Once the tools are right the rest flowed easily. For the most part, Bloodwood cut cleanly although the cross grain areas were a bit difficult and in the larger …
I have written at length about East Indian Rosewood in the past, so this will just be an update regarding the latest project that I have completed. Since I …