Turned Wooden Bowls

Turning wooden bowls has been practiced for thousands of years and originated with simple tools being used to make utility bowls for food storage and preparation. Since then the equipment may have improved but the basic principles are still the same.
A simple turned wooden bowl shows off the beauty of the wood and always seems a natural use for a natural material. The flowing curves give a simple elegance that echoes the characteristics of the wood and makes good use of what nature gave us.
Each wooden bowl shown here has been turned and finished by hand and each one is unique.

Click on any picture for a larger image. Sizes are in inches - width followed by overall height.

Bowls

Square edge Brazillian mahogany bowl 7x3	London plane 6x2	Natural edge laburnum 6x3	Natural edge masur birch 5x3	Square edge mahogany bowl 6x2

Textured spalted beech bowl 7x3	Spalted ash with natural edge 7x5	Walnut natural edge bowl 6x6	Gonco alves 6x3	Apple wood 6x3.5

Walnut natural edge bowl 10x10	Masur birch bowl 6x2	Imbuya shallow bowl 8x2	Wellingtonia 8x3.5	Laburnum bowl 9x6

Pau Rosa 8x3	Ripple figured ash bowl 5x3.5	Purpleheart 4.5x2	Beech bowl 12x4	Textured spalted beech bowl 10x3

Cedar 6x4	Elm 5x3	Laburnum 5x3	Padauk 7x3	Cherry bowl 8x3

Some of the turned wooden bowls here are intended to be purely decorative but some may be used as fruit bowls or salad bowls. Please check before you buy if you are intending to use the bowl for food.
Finishes are either wax or oil based. A wax finish is suitable for either decorative use or as a fruit bowl but will not withstand washing. A food safe oil based finish (made from natural plant extracts) is suitable for use as a salad bowl, fruit bowl or purely decorative and will withstand washing but it is not advisable to leave a wooden bowl immersed in water for any length of time.

The natural edge turned wooden bowls are made by leaving the edge of the trunk, either with or without bark, as the edge of the bowl. Turning wooden bowls like these is a little more difficult but the finished result makes the extra effort worthwhile.

Turned wooden bowls can be made to order in a wood of your choice. Please enquire for prices and availability.
Alternatively, check the gallery page for turned wood bowls in stock.

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