Learn to turn a beautiful natural edge bowl in this weekend workshop.  A natural edge bowl tends to be a direct expression of the tree it came from.  The rim itself is left in its natural shape, undulating with the external contours of log.  The final bowl shape is unique, typically the rim will have two high and two low points as the bowl is turned from a half section of log.

You turn a natural edge bowl from a fresh piece of timber – so this workshop will also serve as a nice primer for green bowl turning.  Green wood is freshly felled lumber that still has a high moisture content. In our case we will turn the bowl from start to finish in one sitting, letting the bowl dry after turning is complete.

Students will learn to navigate the challenges involved with a more complex bowl shape, improving on their tool control and being introduced to turning and drying single turned green bowls. This workshop builds on the student’s previous experience in Bowl Turning I – which is a prerequisite for this workshop.

Students will complete the bowl turning during the workshop but will need to let their bowl dry before finishing them at home.

Prerequisite: “Bowl Turning I”
Students must have completed a previous bowl turning workshop with Hew before joining this workshop.  This helps ensure students enter this workshop with a similar level of fundamental skills.

All materials will be provided. Workshop is limited to four students.

Instructor: Sterling Collins

Tuition: $345
Materials: $45
TOTAL: $390

DATE// November 1 & 2 / Saturday & Sunday
TIME// 9-4pm

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Bowl with natural edge  1983
Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003)
mesquite (Texas)