Bowls My bowls are finished with oils that are food-safe when completely cured. Bowls that retain the bark or unturned edges are called "Natural Edge" bowls. These are more difficult to turn than "cut rim" bowls and can have wonderful character if the bark is successfully preserved. All the wood used for my bowls comes from trees that were already dead and would otherwise have naturally returned to the earth. Some of the wood shows distinctive patterns called "spalting" that occur as molds and fungus consume the dead wood. When this decay is stopped in a timely fashion, it gives the wood beautiful color and lines not found in "healthy" wood. For bowls, I use woods native to or naturally occuring in the North Texas area such as Ash, Walnut, Elm, Pecan, Cedar, Chinaberry, Hackberry, Sugarberry, and Oak.   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Dome Rim Bowl 14 X 11 X 3 Walnut $295.00   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Nat Edge Bowl 6.75 X 5.75 X 4 Walnut $95.00 SOLD   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Large Bowl 10 X 10 X 4.5 Walnut $275.00 SOLD This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Thin Wall Bowl 6 X 5.75 X 2.5 Walnut $85.00   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Nat Edge Bowl 9 X 9 X 4.5 Walnut $225.00   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Flat Rim Dish 13.25 X 14.5 X 2 Walnut $215.00 This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Nat Edge Bowl 8 X 6.5 X 4.25 Walnut $95.00 SOLD   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Flat Rim Dish 12 X 9.25 X 2.5 Walnut $185.00   This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Nat Edge Bowl 10.25 X 9.75 X 3.5 Walnut $155.00 SOLD This piece was turned from a large piece of bradford pear that was felled during a storm in Plano, TX. The figure in this wood was very suprising and unusual for the species. Nat Edge Bowl 11 X 12.5 X 7 Bradford Pear $145.00 SOLD   This bowl had a bit of rot on the rim. I removed the rot, drilled through the wall and inserted thin brass rods to visually fill the void. The result was a warm, primitive look. This piece was turned from wood salvaged from the Circle O Lodge and Tree Farm. Bowl / Brass Inlay 6.5 X 6.5 X 2.5 Walnut, Brass $145.00   This piece was rough turned then allowed to dry for a few months. Before finish turning, I drilled and inserted birch dowels through the bark inclusion that runs through the majority of the bowl to prevent it from flying apart during the finishing process. Bowl 4.5 X 4.5 X 1.75 Pear, Birch $95.00 This piece was turned from a large piece of hackberry that spalted as it dried. This is the first piece on which I carved the outside surface rather than traditional sanding. The carving represents the petals of a blossom and is up to 1" deep from the original surface. It is also one of the few pieces I have named. "Efflorescence" 14.75 X 14.5 X 6.75 Spalted Hackberry $1,700.00 SOLD   This bowl uses a technique I developed called "Dowel Pre-Inlay". I drilled the rough-turned bowl and inserted dowel rods made of wood and aluminum to strengthen the bowl for the finish turning process. The technique produced a great repair that is also aesthetically pleasing. A video of this bowl being made is available at: www.youtube.com/chas6444. Bowl w/Dowel Inlays 11.5 X 11.5 X 5.25 Elm, Poplar, Aluminum $295.00 SOLD   This piece was saved from the firewood pile two times. Once when it was collected and a second time after it cracked when I tried to finish turn it too quickly. You can read the whole story at www.chasthornhill.com/twice.htm. "Twice" 10 X 9.5 X 3 Elm, Brass, Aluminum $295.00 SOLD Calabash Bowl 7.25 X 7.25 X 4 Oak, Aluminum $125.00 SOLD   This bowl is over 15" in diameter. It is very solid and intended to be functional. Large Bowl 15.25 X 15.25 X 6.5 Spalted Hackberry $135.00 SOLD   Presentation Bowl 11.75 X 11.75 X 2.25 Pecan $95.00 SOLD This bowl is made from pecan wood collected at my hunting and fishing clug near Hutchins, TX. It was turned to its final shape when green and allowed to move naturally as it dried. A bark inclusion created a natural notch in the rim that resembles a shark fin. "Fin Rim" 12.5 X 12 X 2.5 Pecan $85.00 SOLD   Small Bowl 6 X 6 X 2 Walnut $25.00 SOLD   Dish 9.25 X 9.25 X 1.75 Pecan $50.00 SOLD Small Bowl 5.75 X 5.75 X 2.25 Walnut $25.00 SOLD   Dish 8.75 X 8.75 X 1.5 Elm $45.00 SOLD   Small Bowl 5.75 X 5.75 X 2.25 Pear $25.00 SOLD Distressed Platter 1.5 X 11.25 X 11.25 Spalted Willow $35.00 SOLD   Distressed Bowl 3 X 10 X 10 Spalted Willow SOLD   Double Rim Bowl 3.25 X 9.5 X 9.75 Spalted Cottonwood $45.00 SOLD Undercut Bowl 3.5 X 10.75 X 10.75 Spalted Sugarberry $50.00 SOLD   Thick Platter 3.5 X 15 X 15 Spalted Pecan $165.00 SOLD   Cove Bowl 3.25 X 9.5 X 9.5 Elm $50.00 SOLD Nat Edge Bowl 4.5 X 6.75 X 6.75 Elm $65.00 SOLD   Wave Bowl 4.5 X 9.5 X 9.5 Elm $60.00 SOLD   Deep Bowl 4 X 8 X 8.25 Elm $55.00 SOLD Bowl 3.5 X 8.25 X 8.25 Elm $40.00 SOLD   Bowl 3 X 8 X 8 Elm SOLD   Thick Platter 2.5 X 13 X 13 Walnut SOLD Low Bowl 10 X 10 X 2.5r Pecan SOLD   Nat Edge Bowl 5 X 7 X 3.5 Spalted Ash SOLD   Bowl 9 X 9 X 3.5 Spalted Ash $45.00 SOLD Nat Edge Bowl 5 X 7 X 3.5 Red Cedar SOLD   Bowl 7.5 X 7.5 X 3 Pecan $45.00 SOLD   Bowl 10 X 10 X 3 Pecan with Inlay SOLD Bowl 10 X 10 X 5 Red Cedar SOLD   Bowl 8.5 X 8.5 X 4.5 Spalted Ash SOLD   Nat Edge Bowl 3 X 4 X 2.5 Red Cedar $35.00 Low Bowl 10 X 10 X 2.5 Spalted Ash $45.00 SOLD   Strange Bowl 8.5 X 8.5 X 2.25 Spalted Ash $40.00   Nat Edge Bowl 5 X 7 X 3 Red Oak SOLD Bowl 8 X 8 X 2.5 Chinaberry $30.00   Ribbed Bowl 5.5 X 5.5 X 3.5 Bois d'Arc SOLD   Small Bowl 4.5 X 4.5 X 2 Walnut SOLD Small Bowl 5.5 X 5.5 X 3.5 Bois d'Arc SOLD   Small Bowl 4.5 X 4.5 X 1.75 Walnut SOLD   Large Bowl 4 X 11 X 11 Red Cedar SOLD Deep Bowl 4.5 X 8.75 X 8.75 Elm SOLD