Danny May Danny May

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • About.
    • Sculpture
    • Paintings
    • Obscene Beasts.
    • Drawings
    • Sculptural seating
    • CAT Residency archive
  • Craft
    • Gweithdy project documentation
      • Gweithdy Wood Totem. St Fagans
      • Gweithdy wood totem models
    • Bowls
    • Shop
      • Painted wooden bowls
      • wooden bowls
  • News
  • Blog
    • Instagram page
    • Corpus
    • HumBug sculpture at Glastonbury Festival
    • New sculpture at Stackpole Gardens.
    • R&D 11 | Newfangled Spanner
    • Why do artists do all day?
  • Hire
    • Marquee hire
    • HumBug Automata
  • Contact

Lower Menu

Skip to content
Home / Wooden Bowls / Small Bowls
How are they made?...
  • Beechwood- 17cm
    £39.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Beech bowl – 22cm
    £46.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Beechwood – 16.5cm
    £45.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Beech bowl – 18cm
    £38.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Beech bowl – 17cm
    £43.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Beech bowl – 16.5cm
    £38.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Medieval style bowl
    £65.00
    SOLD!

    Small Bowls

  • Pole lathe turned wooden bowls
    £45.00
    SOLD! pole lathe turned wooden bowls

    Small Bowls

  • Small Welsh Pole lathe-turned bowls
    £38.00
    SOLD! small bowls

    Small Bowls

Site created by Danny May. 2015

I make the smaller bowls on a simple pole lathe and the larger bowls on my self-built motor-powered lathe.


I use hardwood such as beech, sycamore, holly or oak which I have found locally. This 'green' wood is stacked for a couple of months to part season, which makes it easier to work and helps to prevent the bowl from twisting too much while drying.


I mount each bowl on the lathe between centre points using a mandrel. I then form the bowl shape using forged hook tools. The bowls are not smoothed to a finish through sanding, but left with the distinctive marks and pattern of the cutting tools

Once the shape is complete I then cut out the remaining cores with a hook knife. Then they are further seasoned for up to six weeks or more.


Once dry the bowls are finally finished with a coating of organic cold-pressed raw linseed oil.

Menu
  • Home
  • Portfolio
  • Craft
  • News
  • Blog
  • Hire
  • Contact

Welcome to my website.


I am an artist based in north Wales.


This site displays examples of my sculpture, exhibitions, residencies and craft work


My Blog page can be found here. More detail, images and discussion about my most recent work can be found there


Some examples of my past work can be seen in my portfolio.


I also make work for exhibition and can be commissioned to make new sculptures, public artwork and functional objects


Some of my products and artwork for hire are available to order or to buy through this on-line shop


Please contact me to discuss any questions or ideas


Danny May