Cypress bowl with wood burned "basketweave" rim, foot, and exterior best embellishments (6.5" diameter x 3.25" tall)

Cypress bowl with wood burned "basketweave" rim, foot, and exterior embellishments. The textured, whitewashed and burnished woodburning makes this beautiful bowl a unique display piece. The cypress wood was harvested from a tree that fell in a wetland area during a storm. All my work has my Inso-surrounded Koch logo burned into the bottom assuring authenticity. (6.5" diameter x 3.25" best tall)

This wooden work of art is hand crafted by myself from sustainably sourced materials. I enjoy the process of revealing and celebrating each tree's history which is found in the color, grain, spalting, knots, bark inclusions, cracks, and yes, even insect tunnels. Every tree is unique and, therefore, so are the pieces that I craft from them. There are many steps in the process: cutting the log segments and bringing them back to my studio, carefully examining the wood to find the best way to show the wood's features and cutting it into workable billets, rough-turning, soaking, drying for months, finish turning, sanding and, when appropriate, sandblasting, carving, pyrography, dyeing, washing with color, finish coating, waxing, and buffing. My goal is to create simple but elegant forms that capture the complexity of the wood...and make it something that you will be proud to have displayed in your home or business.

If this piece is "almost" what you are looking for, then please take a look at my other available work. If you still do not see exactly what you want, I do accept commissioned work. Thank you for your time and attention.