Using tools usually relegated to firewood preparation, David Fisher starts with a log and turns it into a bowl that’s refined and beautiful. Known as one of the masters of bowl carving in the greenwood movement, David has carved hundreds of them—and in this video workshop on carving a bowl, he’ll will show you step-by-step the process he uses.
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For many woodworkers, bowl carving, with its unique set of tools and processes, might seem esoteric. But you’ll see that the fundamentals of reading grain, tool geometry, and design processes that David uses can inform and enhance any project—be it a Shaker cupboard or a bombé chest—you undertake.
In this video workshop, you’ll learn how to:
- Read a log and decide where a bowl lies within it.
- Rough carve the bowl with an axe and drawknife.
- Shape the inner bowl with an adze.
- Chip-carve a decorative necklace around the bowl rim.
Video by Jeff Roos and Ben Strano
Edited by Jeff Roos
Produced by Ben Strano
Videos in the Series
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Ep 1: Finding the bowl within the log
November 2, 2017
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Ep 2: Initial shaping and flattening the bowl bottom
November 2, 2017
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Ep 3: Laying out the curve of the bowl
November 9, 2017
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Ep 4: Refining the outer curve of the bowl with an ax and drawknife
November 9, 2017
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Ep 5: Laying out the inner bowl
November 15, 2017
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Ep 6: Hollowing out the bowl with an adze
November 16, 2017
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Ep 7: Laying out the outside of the bowl
November 23, 2017
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Ep 8: Shaping the outside of the bowl
November 30, 2017
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Ep 9a: Refining the outside of the bowl – Part 1
December 7, 2017
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Ep 9b: Refining the outside of the bowl – Part 2
December 7, 2017
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Ep 10: Finishing cuts on the inside of the bowl
December 14, 2017
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Ep 11: Finishing cuts on the outside of the bowl
December 21, 2017
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Ep 12a: Carving the necklace – part 1
January 4, 2018
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Ep 12b: Carving the necklace – part 2
January 4, 2018
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Ep 13: Food-Safe Finishes for Greenwood Pieces
January 18, 2018
