Large Maire bowl 305mm x 136mm. Turned as a large bowl to enhance the form.
Entries - Plain Bowls/Platters
Wooden items made to a bowl or platter shape. No detailing, decoration, colouring, texturing or embellishment.
Maire platter with some of the original bark showing on the underside 332mm x 45mm
Rimu platter, 340mm wide, 40mm high, finished with sanding sealer and bees wax.
Flat rim Rimu platter, 360mm wide x 40mm high, finished with sanding sealer and bees wax
Rimu shallow bowl 360mm wide x 40mm high, sanding sealer, bees wax
Pepper burl with blue resin. 270 mm diameter and 92 mm high.
Pohutukawa bowl with under cut rim. 300 mm wide X 100mm tall
Plain pohutakawa bowl with undercut rim and a turned double bead on the top edge
Diameter 330mm Depth 107mm
Finished in laquer and polished with steel wool
Red Beech three footed plain bowl, cotton buffed 165mm dia.
Large New Zealand Heart Rimu bowl with spectacular grain. 420 mm diameter.
Shallow blackwood bowl to show off the beauty of the wood 325mm x 54mm
This bowl is made from a Silky Oak tree that came down in the February storms in Auckland. 150 mm diameter.
Timber is sheoak. Finished with Woodgrain wax and polished with 0000 steel wool in between coats. 185 mm diameter, 75 mm deep.
Sourced from a Pohutukawa tree that had been dead standing. The spalting created a vivid yellow colour. A simple form to show the beauty of the wood. Diameter: 270 mm. Height: 28 mm. Finished with Danish oil and beeswax.
This timber came from a Pohutukawa tree that was blown down in a storm. Finished with Ondina oil and Beall buffed. The stand is made from Vitex and painted black. The platter is 400mm diameter. H 430mm (on stand) x W 400mm
A bowl with legs (4 or more), for kava juice drinking. Made out of cedar timbre (one piece). Chainsaw and grinder carving.
Spalted wood from a long-dead Taraire tree. Finished with Rustins Danish oil. 180 mm diameter and 85 mm high.
Beautiful rare native timber - black maire bowl with an undercut rim and a shallow foot. Finished in lacquer and hand polished to a satin finish with 0000 steel wool. Diameter 367mm Depth 84mm