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I always keep my eyes open for interesting branch crooks that can make good spoons or other things. Here I’ve got a group of 11 available for purchase now. All of these were carved from branch crooks with the design … Continue reading →| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
Four years ago, while we were all still under pandemic restrictions, Elia Bizzari turned lemons into lemonade by asking some of his fellow craftspersons to make a series of live interactive instructional videos with him. I jumped in for bowl … Continue reading →| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
DF Black Birch and Sycamore shrink pot 2025, 9″ x 5″ Making and using shrink pots for grain and food storage is an ancient practice. In one of the greatest woodworking books, Woodworkin…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
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DF Cherry Shrink Pot 2025, 10 1/2″ high x 5 1/2″ wide. I roughed out this cherry shrink pot with split sides a few years ago. It cracked a couple days into drying, leaving a 1/2″ …| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
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It started out as a red maple (Acer rubrum). The top half of the tree snapped off a month ago across the road. I hurried and started carving away on some of it. Maple doesn’t store well for long in … Continue reading →| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
This post was going to be about using my favorite T-handle auger, the one I use to bore the hole to begin making a shrink pot. With a couple green lengths of tree available, I took a few photos as …| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
View from inside Pete’s workshop. Photo by John Britton Two weeks ago, a bunch of us were savoring our last day of class together in Pete Galbert’s new workshop facility in Berwick, Mai…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
The walnut rooftop chickens I roughed out back in the spring are waiting for me. Meanwhile, a friend took down a cherry tree in his yard and I used a piece to make a pair of mini versions. It gav…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
A couple years ago, I experimented for the first time with carving a bird from the crotch of a tree. I carved a little bird and it worked out, even though the grain was a bear to deal with and ther…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
Painted Hen Bowls, 2025 Thirty years of classroom teaching has taught me the importance of preparation. As I’ve readied for next week’s inaugural bird bowl class at Peter Galbert’…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
4 posts published by Dave Fisher during May 2025| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
When I finished carving this walnut tray/bowl last week, I had no particular plans for the foot. As I looked at the broad canvas of walnut wood, an idea came to mind for a representation of forest …| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
What’s the matter with me? I… I got to get birds off my mind. Maybe I’ll take up a hobby. — Sylvester The Cat (Mel Blanc) in Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) My workbench has looked like a … Continue reading →| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
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Walnut Bird Bowl 2025, 6″ x 5 3/4″ x 4 3/8″ One of the reasons I keep a notebook is to play with ideas and save them for future reference. When I revisit an old notebook, I someti…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
Fly Box 2024 Box lids can pop off, swing out, hinge up, wedge in, slide over, and who knows what else. This post is about the sliding kind. The box above is one of a pair that I recently made at th…| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
Ever since encountering Amy Lowell’s Imagist poem The Green Bowl, published in her first poetry collection in 1912, I had wondered about it. Was it inspired by an actual bowl? If so, does it …| David Fisher, Carving Explorations
