The Wooden Bowl Hardcover – December 31, 2005

This is an interesting retrospective about kitchenware, specifically wooden bowls, authored by Robin Wood, the well known pole turner who resides in the UK. Mr. Wood has done a good job with the very small number of fragments and whole artifacts that date from Early Modern Europe. The book covers methods of turning a wooden bowl on a human powered lathe in several regions of the world, it is well illustrated with very clear photos, and he discusses bowl and craft turning in the British Isles in both the past and in modern times. He also included a section in the back of the book that shows how he turns bowls and plates out of trees that he sources locally.An excellent book for those interested in the history of lathes and wood craft, advanced woodworkers, and also of interest to archeologists, historians and reinactors.

.. for the wood bowl fanatic

Book is excellent - explains complete history of wooden bowls and objects describes turning and laths and gives great pictures so you can see what they looked like at different periods of production. I particularly enjoyed seeing the objects found on the Mary Rose that sank in the 16th century.

A fascinating treatment of the topic of wooden bowls and their place in history and daily life. Worth it for the photography alone, but the book delivers on all counts and is a worthy addition to any woodworker or historians library!

I was looking for a history of American bowl making and examples of such to assist me in my collecting. This book's focus is European bowls--and only portions of it. Its nice for those reasons but fails completely when it comes to bowls made and used here in North America.

Great book

Very good, thanks.

Very well researched. It even inspired my brother in law and I to built two pole lathes and make dozens of bowls. Nice Book, Nice Pictures.

Great book . Really well written lots of detail

A great book, with lots of high quality photos. Good historical context with a technical theme. More about turning than carving, a very good book for those interested in the history of wood turning.

もう少し器のロクロ技術が載っていればと感じたが歴史を感じるだけでもとても良い本でした。英語が得意でないが写真だけでもおもしろい。

le seul livre historique sur la vaisselle en bois dans le temps même s'il est depuis inconplet et surtout axé sur les pièces de Grande Bretagne