Just getting back into the swing of things.
My brother-in-law John Wajda passed away from heart failure on January 12th. he would have been 43 on the 20th. My younger sister Amy and the 5 children are doing very well. I left here on the 9th. when he had been taken to the hospital 2 days prior and stayed in Vermont to help till February 21st. I did bring some tools to carve while I was there. Not that I had a whole lot of time to between feeding a horse, 5 chickens and a guinea pig, not to mention feeding and maintaining the out side wood furnace. They go through 14 to 15 cords of wood each season.
A lot of catch up work around the house consumed the first week and a half or so. Now it's back to the old grinder and make many bowls.
Simply some ramblings on about carving wood bowls, spoons and other usable wood wear from a variety of different woods. Items you see will not be around for very long. Drop a comment on what you like.
4 comments:
We miss you! Thanks for teaching Danny.
I love your work. I've dabbled in carving spoons and other items for several years as a hobby and am now starting on bowls. How do you preserve your wood (I have Pentacryl for wet wood); where do you get it; do you use dried or wet wood, etc. I really am concerned about preventing checking/cracking in the future. I have oak, cedar, magnolia, gum (ugh), etc. at various stages. Live out in the country and there are plenty of dead trees to harvest. Thanks for any information!
Rhonda, my e-mail is woodcvr@juno.com. If you would like more info on bowl carving send an e-mail. Other than this post I have no way of getting in touch with you.
Your work is simply beautiful! I just bought a book on Southern Biscuts and was surfing the net for a Dough Bowl and came accross your site. Will e-mail you with more specifics but I hope you can help with my desire to own an authentic wooden dough bowl. I saw the Maple Trencher and the Maple Dough Bowl. So much of what I have seen on the net as "authentic Dough Bowls were indeed old but no loger appropriate for cooking...just for decorative use, I'm looking for something I can unpack and make my hubby some slammin' biscuts and gravy! Keep up the beautufl work!
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