Before it was yours

Shaping & hollowing

Name: Shaping & hollowing
Brand: Moon & Moss

Maple

Its life so far

Stanley Park Maple Burl

From the workshop of

Moon & Moss

Looking after it

Wipe clean with a damp cloth. Do not soak. Do not put in the dishwasher. Refresh with a food-safe oil or wax when the wood looks dry.

This maple grew in Stanley Park. When the tree came down, a local woodworker kept the burl rather than let it go to the chipper. It sat in his collection for over forty years before it came to me as slabs. Maple burl keeps its secret on the outside. Once cut, the face opened into a dense field of eyes and swirling grain. I marked out the bowls directly on the slab and cut them out on the bandsaw.

Cutting the blank

Cut from the slab on the bandsaw, then mounted on the faceplate.

Shaping & hollowing

Outside shaped first, then flipped and hollowed. The figure stayed hidden the whole time, waiting for oil.