This natural-edge bowl from a Big Leaf Maple Burl is about 8-3/4″ diameter and 2-1/2″ high.
The walls of the bowl are almost 1/2″ thick, to show off the natural burl surface.
Big Leaf Maple Burl Bowl
Archives
Wormy Maple Calabash Bowl
9.75″ diameter, 4.75″ high. Finish is walnut oil.
Small Walnut Calabashes
Some small walnut calabash bowls. the largest is 4″ x 3″, the small one is 2-1/2″ x 1-1/2″.
Walnut Calabash
Walnut calabash bowl, 5″ x 3″. Pewa are Maple.
Walnut Calabash
Calabash bowl, Walnut. 8″ diameter x 4″ high. Pewa and Huini pegs are Maple.
Walnut Calabash
Calabash bowl, 8″ diameter x 5″ high. Walnut. Pewa are Maple, Huini pegs are Ebony.
Walnut Calabash
Calabash bowl, 11″diameter x 4-1/2″ tall. Walnut. Pewa (butterfly) patches are Wenge.
The bowl was turned from a crotch log, including the pith (center) of the log and branches. I like the figure and grain variation around the pith, but it introduces extra stress in the wood and will certainly lead to cracks.
I let it sit for a while (and crack), then repaired the cracks with the pewa.
Collection of Bowls
A collection of utility bowls I have made recently. The largest ones are around 12″ diameter. There are various woods here: walnut, maple, pine, oak, birch, and an ash burl.
Nativity
I was inspired by a clip from this video by Sam Angelo and made a nativity set for the family. I happened to have a bowl that I’d gone too thin on the bottom, so I could cut it to made the manger.
Cottonwood Bowls
These are great examples of why I love to turn cottonwood. The figure is just fantasitc.
The larger bowl is about 11″ diameter. 
This smaller one is about 4″.
