Entries - Bowls

Rose wood from Papua New Guinea. 495mm Diameter. 90mm Height. Finger grip 45mm. Carnauba wax finish.

Options to use as a bowl or a serving platter, or eye catching display piece. 

A bowl turned from native Matai, with Pyrography and oil pencil embellishment. I was inspired by a warm autumnal theme. HxW 80mm x 190mm 

A pyrography embellished bowl made from macrocarpa. Finished in a food safe finish.

Diameter 13cm, Height 7.5cm

Southern Matai Bowl with a Cherry coloured resin inlay. 15.5cm Wide x 10.5cm Deep

Spalted Taraire.  Pyrogrography. Acryclics, Gilders Paste.  Finished with Danish oil and Carnauba wax. 230mm wide, 100mm high

Mahaogany and Matai 290mm x 40mm deep. Turned then router jig used.

Spalted Maple bowl, with painted inner

Diameter 240mm

Height 70mm

Wide rim bowl in New Zealand grown Lime

300mm diameter x 45mm high

Rim is textured, pyrographed and painted

Paua insert on bottom

Sweet chestnut 300mm x 40mm deep. Turned then router jig used. Eight coats laquer. Buffed with EEE.

Diameter: 18cm x Height 8cm. Macrocarpa bowl with stem. Acrylic painted band around the rim. Polyurethane finish to protect paintwork 

This bowl has been turned from a piece of crotch blackwood and has three small feet on the bottom.  The finish is carnauba wax. Size, 260 mm diameter.

Three sided bowl in Macrocarpa with embellishments, 180mmwide * 130mm high

This was a fun bowl to do. Yew with a series of holes bored in the blank before turning. 300mm dia x 40mm deep

This item is turned using purple heart, it has a high gloss finish and the bowl is turned creating an undercut rim.

Dimensions: 65mm high, 330mm diameter, 30mm rim, 21mm undercut. 

Reproduction of  vessel used by Maori Tohunga  to hold the spirits of gods or ancestors during ceremonies.  19,000 yr old Swamp Kauri, artificial fern, feathers, Paua shell. Turned, burned & sandblasted.  100mm high.

Reproduction of a vessel used by Maori Tohunga to hold the spirits of gods or ancestors during ceremonies.  19,000 yr old Swamp Kauri,  Pounamu base, artificial fern, feathers, Paua shell. Turned, burned and sandblasted.  100mm high.

Joined two taraire and two purple heart pieces to make a square then turned to this shape. Turned bowl and cut exact hole in wings sanded and finished to two winged bowl. 380 wide x 75 mm high.

Yew bowl 270mm x 30mm deep.  Ten coats laquer. Buffed with EEE.