David Fisher Carving Explorations
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Welcome. I hope that this website may have something to offer you, whether you are interested in making some things yourself, learning about the process, or purchasing something that I have made.
David Fisher Carving Explorations
5d ago
Only three weeks until I head to Pete Galbert’s for our six-day bowl carving course. Among the various tools we’ll be using, the compass is an important one. I use mine on every bowl I make. It does a lot ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
1w ago
Greenwood carving calls for flexibility. I do my best to decipher clues about what will be found inside the log. Still, I’m often surprised. Sometimes, a total redesign is required. The cherry bowl in the photo above ended up very ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
3w ago
I’m not as obsessed as Captain Ahab, but this whale has been surfacing in my mind for a couple years. I think the idea for it came from carving bowls like this with the flutes on the end panels. They ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
1M ago
Yesterday, I was splitting a small straight cherry log for a potential bowl. I was planning on using the upper half above this chunk. As the log split apart, my plans changed. Just about every tree grows with at least ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
1M ago
It reminds me of that old joke- you know, a guy walks into a psychiatrist’s office and says, hey doc, my brother’s crazy! He thinks he’s a chicken. Then the doc says, why don’t you turn him in? Then the ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
1M ago
Box lids can pop off, swing out, hinge up, wedge in, slide over, and who knows what else. This post is about the sliding kind. The box above is one of a pair that I recently made at the request ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
2M ago
Another post about processing crooks. For the others, check the category menu (to the right) under “finding wood.” This time I want to show a couple decisions I made when finding a spoon in a piece of the crazy magnolia ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
2M ago
A little more color in this group, partly because of the wood species of the crooks I found and partly because I was itching to experiment more with milk paint. So, all of the paint on these is milk paint ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
2M ago
I’ve mentioned before that I use a light bulb kiln to cure the oil on my spoons and bowls. My old kiln got kicked around a bit during the move, so I decided to convert my old shop heater cover ..read more
David Fisher Carving Explorations
3M ago
I’ll be teaching a bowl carving course at Peter Galbert’s school in Rollinsford, NH, just 12 miles from the Maine coast, August 12-17, 2024. Pete and I have talked about this possibility for a couple years, and I’m so happy ..read more