{"product_id":"large-white-bowl","title":"Large White Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis maple bowl is painted with white milk paint. \u003cspan\u003eFood-safe beeswax and walnut oil finish inside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately: 13.5\" x 5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Artist, Mark Gardner:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I was born and grew up in Cincinnati, OH. Woodworking was my father’s hobby and I was introduced to it through him and I feel lucky to have started learning woodworking as a teenager. Dad had a lathe and I fooled around on it from time to time but it wasn’t until I attended a two week woodturning class at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in 1996 that I was “hooked” on the turning process.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI moved to Saluda, NC in 2000 and have been able to focus on my woodworking since opening my own studio there.  In addition to making my work, I teach and demonstrate woodturning around the country for woodturning clubs and craft schools.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI make a wide variety of functional and decorative objects from locally sourced hardwoods.  Most of my work tends towards the simple in form which allows me a canvas to embellish the surfaces using various carving and texturing techniques, such as engraving, wire-brushing and branding. To help make these patterns and textures stand out on the work I use milk paint to create contrast between the wood tones and the paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy salad bowls are user friendly and food safe as I use a walnut oil and beeswax finish on them that I make myself. When making these I start with a whole log and cut out slabs with a chainsaw.  These are cut into large disks on a bandsaw before mounting on the lathe to be rough turned to bowl shape. These “roughed out” bowls are dried in a kiln for a couple months until dry and then remounted on the lathe for final turning and sanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738101076221,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0411\/4487\/7221\/files\/MuseumforArtinWood_MarkGardner_WhiteBowl.jpg?v=1781816365","url":"https:\/\/museum-for-art-in-wood.myshopify.com\/es\/products\/large-white-bowl","provider":"Museum for Art in Wood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}