Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Things To Know About Hand Turned Wood Bowls And Vessels

By Jose Wright


Some of the most iconic kitchen utensils are those made from forest products. These might be simple in design, or may be the more intricately beautiful things found in a home. Whatever the preference, it might be something that provides good utility as well as aesthetic effect to a domestic environment.

Most people today have no preferences in this regard, but many hold dear the traditions or customs that have made wooden implements central in a home. Hand turned wood bowls and vessels are made with the most modern kinds of equipment but retain that historic feel. This is because things like these have been in use and in existence for many centuries.

Implements, gadgets and tools that are used for the making of these have not changed a lot. Modern carving implements use only the best steel products, but they still have most of their original shape and purpose. They are still made to complement human hands, though, and their purpose or use have changed very little, and woodcarvers still use them the same way.

The wood turning lathe makes the manual process even better. The machine is an implement that has become important to the trade of woodturning. It does not require lots of space, will only use up little electricity or none at all, and is also portable, all under the control of expert woodworking hands.

Vessels and bowls are useful for a lot things, and not only for the common image of its use as salad bowls at dinner. In aromatherapy, say, they are vessels needed to contain fragrances, lotions and oils needed for the job. They are also good for decorative shallow vases for flowers and arrangements of leaves and flowers.

Limited or custom turnings make the process decentralized, and portability enables the master craftsman to go to where the heavy wood might be. Thus, aside from vessels and bowls, woodturners can also product folk art, sculpted designs, help restore furniture or create new ones, and turn out the most exquisite fine art for display.

The craftsmanship is connected to skill with the hands, and a lot of people today still consider this one of the most vital of human occupations. To touch and feel wood, and to work it from inside out or outside in is something basic to the trade. And the historical connection always hovers as the moving spirit of creativity for workers here.

This is carpentry, basically, but the orientation has been specialized to the lathe. It is simple in design and use, just something with a central rotational axis that can provide a strong and stable base for a block or wooden piece to be turned. Turning makes designing or carving easy, and can make for even curves needed to create perfectly round or hollowed out bowls.

The wooden implements made cost a bit more than average, especially in the age of plastic, but they are able to have long services lives. The preference for mixing salads in is always for wood, and also for many other haute cuisine needs. Wood, seen in this way, will always be needed, as with other industries like construction.




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