What is better than a beautiful bowl crafted from a roadside log? How about several made from the same piece! The process using the McNaughton center saving system can be a little tricky, but yields some of the most beautiful collections of bowls imaginable. It would be a shame to turn the inside of the bowl into a bag of shavings when a whole family of turned vessels can be extracted from the same chunk!
A bit of patience and finesse is needed to pull a complete set from a log. If even one bowl fails to reach the finish line in the bowl making process, the set becomes just a collection that doesn’t follow the sequential flow. Andy looks for unique grain patterns and wood inclusions that remain visible through each piece in a set.
 Mango Burl |
 Norfolk Pine |
 Macadamia
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 Five piece Milo set (photo by Hal Lum) |
 Seven piece Cuban Mahogany set |
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