Bowlwood Distinctive Handcrafted Wooden Bowls and More
featuring selected North American and Australian Burls and Hardwoods
featuring selected North American and Australian Burls and Hardwoods
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Welcome to Bowlwood, the gallery site of New England woodturner Ray Asselin, maker of fine, handcrafted burl wood bowls, hollow vessels, keepsake boxes, and other lathe-turned items. Turned wood bowls have been utilitarian items since about 1300 bc. Today, they're also valued as decorative art objects in their own right. The wooden bowls and other turnings I make, though functional, are intended to be displayed and appreciated as works of nature's art. They show the beauty inherent in various woods, particularly in the burls of North American and Australian trees. Each piece is personally handmade (and signed) by me on a woodturning lathe in my small Western Massachusetts workshop, carefully shaped, finely sanded and finished, then buffed and polished. Hopefully, they will bring great enjoyment to those who appreciate the warmth, texture, color, figure, and grain of wood. If you are searching for a one-of-a-kind burl wood bowl, jewelry box, or turned vessel handcrafted in the traditional way, please visit the gallery, where you can see and purchase my latest work. New items are added to the site on various pages, in no particular order. Additional woodturnings are for sale at my Etsy site, Timberturner.com. You can search this site using the search box below: |