Carinated Bowl
Carinated — “The shape is defined by the joining of a rounded base to the sides of an inward sloping vessel.”
There’s a lot about this bowl that’s a different from my usual designs. I’m quite fond of this angular shape, and not just because it means I get to say “carinated” a lot. The foot is not my normal profile, and putting the carving on the underside is definitely new. I love the surprise factor, though, when I watch people pick it up. Their fingers notice the difference before their brains register it.
Carved surfaces don’t take well to sanding. It dulls the crisp edges. But there was a fair amount of wood fuzz here to catch the surface of the fingers, and the whole thing just felt a tiny bit rougher than I wanted. I ended up burnishing the surface with a heavy-duty red scotchbrite pad. It did soften the peaks and the wood’s natural glitter just a bit, but it produced the more finger-friendly surface that I was looking for and got rid of the little protruding wood fibers. I finished it with a coat of walnut oil.