The Handcarved Bowl - Design & Create Custom Bowls from Scratch

The Handcarved Bowl provides step-by-step photos and directions for every stage of the bowlcarving process that will appeal to everyone from beginning woodworkers to seasoned carvers.
Carving wooden bowls by hand may appear to be just a romantic notion (don't worry, it's that too), but there's also lots to learn about this natural material and unique process that will be undoubtedly serve you for every future woodworking project, no matter the tools or methods used. Bowl carving gives unparalleled insight to the basic properties of wood behavior, intimate knowledge of how tool edges interact with different grain, and the importance of learning to reframe failure as one of the keys of building deep understanding.
The Handcarved Bowl is the beginning of many projects, not just the three designs outlined here in step-by-step instructions, and both seasoned woodworkers and beginners alike will find the inherent value of carving using these methods. Along the way you'll learn tips and tricks that will keep you safe, help you make informed decisions about your own designs, and give you the confidence to take your work in any direction you'd like.

List of contents

Table of Contents

¿ Introduction

¿ Harvest

o Properties of Green Wood

o Woods to Use

o Where to Look

o Salvaging Material

o Transport

o Storage

¿ Tools

¿ Sharpening

o The Basics of a Sharp Edge

o Abrasives

o Testing for Sharp

o Create a Dedicated Sharpening Station

o Sharpen a Curved Edge

o Sharpen a Single Bevel Edge

o Sharpen a Double Bevel Edge

o Additional Resources

¿ Benches, Chopping Blocks and Clamps

o Benches

o Chopping Blocks

o Clamps and other Hold Down Methods

¿ Preparing a Blank

o The Basics

o Log Scenarios and How to Evaluate Them

o Storing Blanks

o Create a Reference Flat

o Layout

¿ Self Care

o Neck

o Back/Chest

o Hands

o Elbows

o Feet

¿ Bowl Project #1: Bark Up

o Rough Work

o Design Option: Deep Bowl

¿ Bowl Project #2: Pith Up

o Rough Work

o Design Option: Deep Bowl

¿ Bowl Project #3: Small Round Bowl

o Rough Work

o Design Options: Deep Bowl, Multiples

¿ Finish Cuts

¿ Decoration

o Color

o Pattern

o Oils

About the author

Danielle Rose Byrd is a wood carver and sculptor who blends traditional and modern methods with ample experimentation and a wide range of tools to create pieces with varying degrees of function and heavy doses of texture.

Raised in the western foothills of Maine, she made many creatures, structures, and inventions using found items, sand, plants, sticks, trash, snow, and fabric. In college she explored music and sound sculpture, and while building a handmade fiddle-ish instrument constructed from burn pile wood found on campus, began carving scraps into spoons.

She has written for various magazines and journals, and from 2014-17 was a member of the Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event Staff, traveling the country teaching hand tool woodworking fundamentals.

Danielle lives and works in Bar Harbor, Maine, with her partner and two cats, Teddy and Baby. Find out more about her work on her website, daniellerosebyrd.com, on Instagram @danielle_rose_byrd, or on TikTok @daniellerosebyrd.

Summary

The Handcarved Bowl provides step-by-step photos and directions for every stage of the bowlcarving process that will appeal to everyone from beginning woodworkers to seasoned carvers.
Carving wooden bowls by hand may appear to be just a romantic notion (don’t worry, it’s that too), but there’s also lots to learn about this natural material and unique process that will be undoubtedly serve you for every future woodworking project, no matter the tools or methods used. Bowl carving gives unparalleled insight to the basic properties of wood behavior, intimate knowledge of how tool edges interact with different grain, and the importance of learning to reframe failure as one of the keys of building deep understanding.
The Handcarved Bowl is the beginning of many projects, not just the three designs outlined here in step-by-step instructions, and both seasoned woodworkers and beginners alike will find the inherent value of carving using these methods. Along the way you’ll learn tips and tricks that will keep you safe, help you make informed decisions about your own designs, and give you the confidence to take your work in any direction you’d like.

Foreword

Publicity
• Author to appear and demo at Lee Valley and other retail outlets.

• National print media: Woodcraft Magazine – 125,000 circ.; Fine Woodworking – 160,000 circ.; Woodworker’s Journal – 140,000 circ.; Woodshop News – 52,000 circ.; Canadian Woodworker – 110,000 circ., Popular Mechanics – 500,000 circ.

• Blogs targeting woodworking such as: Rosewood Studio, The Unplugged Woodworker, The Wood Whisperer, Close Grain, Modern Woodworker’s Association, Woodworking for Mere Mortals, The Drunken Woodworker, American Craftsman Workshop, Woodcraft, Canadian Woodworking, Fine Woodworking Knots, Matt’s Basement Workshop, Stumpy Knubs

• AIM Media will feature an email blast on the book to over 200,000 subscribers

• Lee Valley Tools will feature book; email blasts to 200,000 subscribers

• Social Media promotion through: Instagram -- @danielle_rose_byrd and on TikTok @daniellerosebyrd

• Advertising: Print in Canadian Woodworker, Woodcraft Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal; Woodworker’s Journal, Popular Woodworking, Canadian Woodworking; Online advertising on Fine Woodworking, Canadian Woodworker, Woodcraft.com, The Wood Whisperer and other top blogs, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness

• Promotion on daniellerosebyrd.com and in person at various locations as Covid restrictions loosen.

• Website publicity and book give-away on: The Wood Whisperer, Fine Woodworking.com, Woodworking for Mere Mortals, Woodworker’s Journal, Canadian Woodworker.com, American Craftsman Workshop, and other top 50 websites.

• Niche marketing to: various woodworking schools, Attendees of The Woodworking Shows, Woodworking In America Conference, Maker Faires, Modern Woodworking Association Events/Symposiums

• Email blasts to nationwide woodworking clubs

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Byrd, Danielle Rose Byrd
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2021
• EAN: 9781951217273
• ISBN: 978-1-951217-27-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 782 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Woodwork, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Folkcrafts, Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts