Saturday 6 February 2016

Beautiful bowls

As my students only turn a small bowl in year 9 it is interesting to get them to challenge themselves to design a larger bowl or find some wood that would be beautiful in its own right the next year. So for many their bowl would be the second time that they have a chance to explore the grain of the wood as they cut its fibres to create.... One student arrived with a hollow root of a tree, cut on a riverbank in the bush. Turning this was going to be interesting, as it would require skill and patience. So here is what he came up with.

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