Bowl made from Flamed Beech

Size - D 32cm x H 9.5cm 

Finish - Hard Wax Oil

A new contemporary design, clean and simple lines with a gently curving base and in-turned sides 

A food safe finish allows flexibility of use. Could be used for fruit, salad or a decorative table centrepiece. 

This is storm fallen beech, sourced one hundred meters down the road from us. It’s a tree that I’ve walked past my whole life and was sad to see it had fallen in the strong winds earlier this year.

I was even sadder to find it was destined to be firewood. After reasoning with the tree surgeons I managed to save a good portion of the main trunk. Being just under a meter in diameter it was a bit of an undertaking to get it back to the workshop.

The wood was delightfully clean but with a beautiful flame pattern running through so I decided to make some pieces like this rather than letting the wood spalt. 

My idea was to create a piece where it looks like the flames in the wood are licking up the side of the bowl and really try to show off this remarkable natural occurrence. 

So glad I went to the effort to recover this wood. I couldn’t bare it just to be burnt. 

- do not let fruit rot in the bowl 

- hand wash / wipe clean