Shop Notes - Peter Bernhardt Woodcraft

Letter Carving

lettering / February 4, 2023 August 30, 2023

Taking a page from Martin Wenham’s wonderful ‘The Art of Letter Carving in Wood’, I spent a few days recently carving the names on different pieces of wood I had laying around my shop. Good for practicing design, layout and execution of letter carving, this is also a low risk project for learning what kinds wood are best for carving, and those that aren’t.

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Double Oval

bowl, bowls, design, tools / November 2, 2022 August 29, 2023

In making a bowl using hand tools, the process calls for doing a number of tasks, a series of steps from splitting out a log to rubbing in the final coat of oil.

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Walnut Salad

bowls, design, tools / September 20, 2022 December 15, 2022

While I have made quite a few smaller round bowls, this is my first big round salad bowl. It’s just over 11 inches in diameter on the inside and 4 inches deep. That will hold a lot of iceberg lettuce!

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