The Woodworker and his work

Here is our intrepid woodworker plying his trade. Since his is a woodshop from the 1880s, he is dressed for the part and working away with his hand tools.



This is Hairy, the woolly mammoth, created from black walnut.


The next three pictures are different views of the same bowl. It was created from an old piece of western cedar that had been through a forest fire about 200 years ago. A ring count indicated the piece of wood was probably about 1000 years old when the fire happened. You can still see the charring of the wood in a couple of the pictures, as well as the weathering of the wood which add to the unique character of the bowl.






Next is a box showing the inlay work on the top. It looks a lot like a quilt, doesn't it?



The picture of the woodworker shows him scraping a bowl much like this one, which is made from black walnut. Scraping makes it much smoother than sanding. A dough bowl, traditionally, is used for mixing and kneading bread. This bowl is about 2 feet long! It is unusual to get a solid piece of black walnut that large to work with.



The carving on the handles of the bowl are of wheat, since that kind of goes with the bread making idea.