Hand-Hewn Organic Form Pine Trencher Bowl #1 mantel This ambrosia maple paddle board

This ambrosia maple paddle board measures 20"x8"x1"

It has a live-edge organic form

hand-hewing large beams was a technique favored by many American craftsmen to frame out barns and buildings: structures that have stood the test of time and borne patiently the worst of summer's blistering heat and New England's unkind winters

This ambrosia maple paddle board measures 24

Hand-Hewn Organic Form Pine Trencher Bowl #1 mantel This ambrosia maple paddle boardTrencher Bowls are long wooden bowls sometimes with shallow sides, sometimes with higher that were traditionally used to knead dough. Today they are often used as attention grabbing centerpieces or stunning fruit bowls. I rough out all of my trenchers by hand with an adze, then shape the final bowl either with a bowl adze, planer, or grinder. The final result is a bowl that has the tell tale scalloping of a hand hewn object rather than a turned