Natural edge bowls are made so that the top of the bowl is the outside surface of the tree. Many natural edged bowl still retain the bark. Burls are very well suited for natural edge bowls. When you start turning a cherry burl, you don’t know what you will find inside. It could have bark inclusions or knotholes that have rotted away, or it could be hollow inside because it was colonized by carpenter ants. If you are fortunate it is solid and free of internal cracks and damage.
Currently available natural edge bowls
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- Black walnut crotch natural edge bowl (6.5″ x 5″ x 5″, $50)
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- Honey locust “bowl in a board” style natural edge bowl that has been charred (7.5″ x 6.5″ x 1.75″, $60)
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- Elm natural edge bowl (8″ x6.75″ x4.5″,$75)
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- Elm natural edge bowl (8″ x6.5″ x4.75″,$75)
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- Ambrosia maple natural edge bowl (9″ x7.5″ x 4.75, $75″)
Selected natural edge bowls that are no longer available
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- Natural edge cherry burl bowl (12″ x 5″)
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- Cherry natural edge bowl (12″ x 8″ x 6″)
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- Maple burl winged bowl
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- Maple burl natural edge bowl (7.5″ x 2.5″)
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- Spalted maple burl bowl (~9″ diameter)
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- Maple burl bowl (~10″ x8″)
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- Spalted maple burl bowl (~6″ x 2″)
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- Apple burl natural edge bowl (5″ x 4″)
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- Cherry burl bowl (14″ x 11.75″ x 3.5″)
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- Elm “bowl in a board” natural edge bowl (9″ x 8″ x 2.75″)
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- Honey locust natural edge bowl (10″ x 7″ x 5″)
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- Honey locust natural edge bowl turned from a crotch (10.5″ x 2.75″)