Maple Wood Eating Bowl with Milk Paint

This is a pole-lathe turned, Maple wood, eating bowl. It has a lovely natural warm hue typical of Maple wood and I’ve contrasted this with a food safe, ‘willow’ green milk paint exterior. The exterior of the bowl shows an axe blow, connecting its form to how it was made. Wooden bowls are perfect to pair up with a wooden eating spoon, and can be used for many different uses, be it hot or cold. This bowl is ready for use breakfast, lunch and dinner- it has you covered. Max dimensions to rim are 185x40mm. The bowl has been made from a freshly cut log, which was taken to its final shape using traditional methods- splitting the log firstly into a 'blank' using a froe tool, drawing on the bowl shape before axing this out and then finalising the shape on a leg powered pole lathe. The shaping is done using pole lathe hook tools, and unlike a powered lathe bowl the wonderful spiral tool marks from each rotation can be seen. After gradual drying in wood shavings, the bowl receives a paint using food safe milk paint and a small makers mark is burned on. The bowl is then sealed using organic food grade linseed oil. Bowl care- Hand wash using soap and water and leave to air dry. Avoid long soaks in water and never wash in a dishwasher. Not suitable for microwaving. Your bowl will be dispatched to you in recycled, eco-friendly and plastic-free packaging, and this can be put into composting or your paper recycling bin.