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This week is all about turning simple bowls. No fa

This week is all about turning simple bowls. No fancy design, no decorative lines, not winning a prize for the most original shape. No, just plain wooden bowls. I'm actually quite content with these. Trying out the new mandrel and strap I made last week for my pole lathe. After a little adjustments they work fine. The spikes on the mandrel are pretty large, which sometimes causes a part of the core to break before the bowl is finished (see pictures), but that does not seem to be a problem. The rest of the week I'll be making more of them. When they are dry the need to be finished (burnishing and oiling). Then the oil needs to polymerise. Expect them to be in the shop in a little over a month or so. #bowlturning #woodenbowl #polelathe #lathe #mandrel

Last week I took a break from production work. I'v

Last week I took a break from production work. I've been relaxing, did some mending, created some new tools and today I did some fun carving. Around the corner they were cutting down some black cherry. The work men were so kind to give me some logs. I used one of the smaller logs to make some tea spoons, little scoops and some sort of fork. I had fun this week and tomorrow I'll switch back to production mode, which will be fun as well, after a lazy week 😀. #blackcherry #spooncarving #greenwoodworking

Over the last couple of years the amount of plasti

Over the last couple of years the amount of plastic waste, produced by my family, has increased a lot and we have decided to change that. Yesterday Lent has started, a period of fasting, starting on ash Wednesday and continuing until Easter. Although we're not Christians , we still hold on to this ritual. This year we'll use this period to drastically cut down on the use of plastic, and while we're at it, reduce the amount of waste in general. This is one example of the changes we've made, turning from shampoo in a bottle to shampoo bars. You can't just put these in the shower though, as they will simply desintegrate into mucuos gunk that will run off. You'll have to keep them dry (when not in use of course 😀). So, I quickly caved this soap dish. It's just a prototype. If it behaves the way I imagined it to, I can make a couple more and make them a little sleeker as well. #greenwoodworking #soapdish #plasticdiet

Mankind has had a close relationship with both lan

Mankind has had a close relationship with both land and water in its entire existence. We depend on water for our survival, but it has often formed a major threat as well. As an ode to our long history of interconnectedness with water I present my new series Riverland. A new series of carved shrink pots and pole lathe turned bowls. Scorched on the outside and colored with plant based paint with non-toxic minerals as pigments. Finished with linseed oil. Available through my webshop at www.hetnoesteleven.nl Edit: the bowls are almost gone already, but I'll be making more of these next week. Send a DM when interested #bowlturning #polelathe #woodenbowl #shrinkpot #riverland #blue

My valentine shrink pots got company of matching v

My valentine shrink pots got company of matching valentine bowls. The shrink pots are obviously birch, and the bowls are alder (as are the lids of the jars). Paint is plant based with minerals as pigments. Available through my webshop at www.hetnoesteleven.nl #valentine #heart #bowlturning #woodenbowl #shrinkpot

As the previous series of valentine pots sold out

As the previous series of valentine pots sold out in no time, I made a couple of new ones, including a new variation. A gift for yourself, your valentine or someone to whom you want to show your appreciation or compassion in times of loss or loneliness. Carved from birch and alder. Decorated with carved hearts and plant based paint with non-toxic mineral pigments Www.hetnoesteleven.nl #valentine #gift #shrinkpot #handmade #storagejar #woodenjar #woodenpot

Yesterday I made the knobs for the lids of some ne

Yesterday I made the knobs for the lids of some new shrink pots. Today the lids themselves. Here you can see some steps of the process of turning a slab of split and dried alder into a lid. Tomorrow you'll see the results of the new shrink pots. A little heads up: some more of the valentine shrinkpots of last week and... a new variation on the subject. #shrinkpot #shrinkpotcarving #lid #process

Carving more hearts for valentine shrink pot knobs

Carving more hearts for valentine shrink pot knobs. Next: carving the lids Then: decorating the pots with carved and painted hearts And last but not least: finishing cuts and oiling. #heart #valentine #shrinkpot #handcarved

Do you know someone who might be lonely? Want to e

Do you know someone who might be lonely? Want to express your love to your valentine? Show your appreciation with a heart. Birch shrink pots, with alder lid. Carved hearts and painted with an earthy red mineral in a natural paint. Available in my webshop at www.hetnoesteleven.nl #valentine #heart #love #shrinkpot #handmade

Shrink pot production. After removing the bark of

Shrink pot production. After removing the bark of some fresh, green birch, the logs are hollowed out with a gouge. Using a spoon knive the inside is then cleaned. A little groove can then be carved a little above the lower edge. The base is then carved to size from some pre-dried wood, in this case alder. The top of the base, which will be on the inside of the shrinkpot, is flat. The bottom side is convex. With a little force the base can then be pushed into the groove. Now I'll just have to wait for at least a couple of weeks for the shrink pot to actually shrink, so the base will get stuck in the groove. Then it can be finished and perhaps be decorated. The lid will also be made only after the pot has stopped shrinking. #shrinkpot #shrinkbox #shrinkpotcarving #greenwoodworking #handcarved

The hook tools took a little rest today, as I took

The hook tools took a little rest today, as I took out the chisels to turn some new mandrels. These mandrels are used when turning a bowl (added a photo I took another day, for clarity about how exactly such a mandrel is used). Even though they can be used many times, they do wear and need to be replaced once in a while. To make sure the mandrel sits really tight in the bowl blank, without coming loose or changing position, the diameter needs to be somewhat larger than the hole that is drilled in the bowl blank. The shavings created by a chisel are completely different from those created by a hook tool, but they look great as well. I used a couple of different types of wood for making these mandrels, in order to experience the different behavior of each type of wood for this application. #mandrel #lathe #chisel #bowlturning #polelathe

This is a tale of winter, braided beards and a str

This is a tale of winter, braided beards and a strapping young lad. Or actually, it's not so much of a tale, but more like a short story. And the guy in the photo is not so young and strapping, but just a regular (?) 1.75 m, 40 years old dude, who doesn't even have his beard braided. So, what's it all about then? Well, today was the first day it was freezing this winter in my outdoor workshop. The low angle of the sun, combined with the freezing cold, resulted in some lovely sights. Due to that low temperature, the oil I use for greasing my pole lathe had completely solidified. And what about the beard? Well, normally I'd have it braided. These wood shavings, even though they can be beautiful, are one of the reasons why. Thank you for listening to my story. Sleep well. #winter #braidedbeard #woodturning #bowlturning #polelathe #freezing

What an amazing spoon came in the mail! This aweso

What an amazing spoon came in the mail! This awesome spoon that balances between life and death is made by the incredible craftsmanship by @skogencraft. It combines perfectly with this bowl I made, which features not only the same colour scheme, but seems to be subjected to that same delicate balance with its repaired crack. Man, we should start a Scottish /Dutch collaboration somehow. I'm totally in love with this new set. #spooncarving #bowlturning #balance #lifeanddeath #darkart #darkarts

When the goal is to make many bowls, you'll get ma

When the goal is to make many bowls, you'll get many bowls....... but you'll get a bonus as well. Lots and lots of shavings, curls, sawdust and offcuts. The offcuts can be dried for fire wood and the rest makes great mulching material to be used underneath the berries. To bad our vegetable garden is about 6 km away (which feels like much further with the cargo bike) , but hey, at least I got to bring home some of these lovely winter vegetables. #bowlturning #polelathe #shavings #offcuts #woodcurls #mulching

First series of 2021 🎉 Spoons with matching bo

First series of 2021 🎉 Spoons with matching bowls (see photos). All hand made from local, green alder wood. Decorated with kolrosing and finished with linseed oil. Now available in my web shop. See link in bio. #newseries #bowl #spoon #bowlturning #spooncarving #kolrosing #alderwood #vikingstyle #medieval #medievalstyle

Birthday gift for my wife her 35th birthday. A s

Birthday gift for my wife her 35th birthday. A storage pot for olives, sun dried tomatoes etc. The concave lid can also be used as a little dish to hold the stones of the olives. The bowl and lid were turned on my foot powered pole lathe. The knob, the spoon and the skewer were hand carved. Bowl and lid are painted with plant based milk paint with non-toxic mineral pigments. Finished with linseed oil. #birthday #birthdaygift #bowlturning #storagejar #storagepot #milkpaint #veganmilkpaint

Feeling blue, being locked down? This bowl will c

Feeling blue, being locked down? This bowl will cheer you up, with its bright, but natural colours. Turned on a pole lathe and decorated by scorching and painting with plant protein based paint with non-toxic minerals as pigments. The little crack that was present in the wood is fixated with copper wire. Finished with linseed oil. More bowls like these, but without the crack, will appear in my webshop in about a month or so, if all goes well. I'll keep you informed. #bowlturning #blue #bluewednesday #kreidezeitnaturfarben #polelathe #handturned #greenwoodworking

New set! At the moment I'm working on these sets

New set! At the moment I'm working on these sets from alder wood: a bowl, turned on a pole lathe, and a hand carved spoon. Both with matching kolrosed patterns. These patterns were carved into the wood and filled with powdered coffee. Finished with linseed oil. No power tools were used. These sets will be available in my webshop sometime in January. I'll keep you informed 😊 . . . #woodencutlery #woodenbowl #woodenspoon #eatingspoon #polelathe #medievalstyle #medieval #handmade #handcarved #nopowertools

Newly made knife. I always used my Morakniv 120 k

Newly made knife. I always used my Morakniv 120 knife for kolrosing, by holding it by the very tip of the blade. That results in a very fine line, which can be nice, but sometimes I want more weight to the lines. Therefore I made this new kolrosing knife. It carves broader cuts and because of the short blade it's easy to hold. Now I can hold it by the handle instead of by the tip of the blade, which causes less stress on my fingers. I've just kolrosed 10 spoons and there's no pain or cramps in my fingers and the lines are broader, just as I wanted. Happy with my new tool. #newknife #newtool #kolrosing #kolrosingknife #woodcarving #spooncarving

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