With the amazing donations by all the great people who have adopted bowls from Bowls for Food, you gave over $8,000 to food banks around the country.
At the beginning of November I decided to challenge myself to $10k in total donations by the end of the year. I got to work making bowls and mentioned it on Facebook.
Wow did you all respond. As of this date we are over $9,000. Maybe we can achieve this goal by Thanksgiving. I can’t think of a better way to mark the date.
I recently got a lot of wood from a lot of people. Some logs from trees that were meaningful but fell in a storm or succumbed to disease, and some from arborists. I really like found wood. It has more character, like bark and spalting, and inspires new forms. Unfortunately, my lathe is pretty small. These larger blocks shake the lathe so much it literally walked out of the garage on its own. I’ll have to find a way to get on a bigger, heavier lathe. I won’t give up on this beautiful piece of spalted maple.
Here is the idea: You make a donation to a food pantry, food bank, or any other service that helps people who are food insecure. Send me a picture of donation receipt. I’ll mail you the bowl of your choice.
I’ll even pay for the shipping costs (US only).
If you don’t know of a food bank, my favorite is The Greater Boston Food Bank.
So take a look at the bowls I have made. If you see one you would like to have, make a donation and get a bowl.
If you don’t see one you want, but have an idea, get in touch, and let’s figure out how we can make some Bowls for Food.
Or rather, a new set of bowls are. I spent some time working on my wood sculptures, and I had a few green bowls that needed to dry out before I could re-turn them. There are 8 new bowls up now. Tell your friends!
This batch is a little smaller than usual. Some of these take longer than my normal bowls, and I had a number of special requests along the way.
I am closing in on 50 bowls. Should that one be an online charity auction? Let me know.
“For many who lost jobs in the coronavirus epidemic, hunger comes with shame”
While our country faces numerous struggles right now, from disease to reckoning with our history of systemic racism, many of the recently unemployed are dealing with the shame of needing to ask for help.
Read more at the Washington Post
The batch going up today, June 2, has some fun and some funny bowls. Enjoy, and thank you for your support in these times. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay strong.
All the bowls I make ship with a minimum of three coats of General Finishes Top Coat, just like my wood sculptures. The first two are brushed on for a thick layer, sanding with extra fine grit sandpaper between layers. The last coat is sprayed on to make sure the finish is even and super smooth.
There are still two bowls available for adoption, so check them out: https://www.bowlsforfood.com/bowls
Have a specific request? Send me a message on FB or on the contact page.
Thank you!
Thanks to all the donors who have adopted bowls from BFF. I’ve been busy this week mostly with requests and putting that nice finish on the bowls from last week. Still hoping to ship Friday!
Last week’s bowls went quickly, but fear not! Guest turner Salvatore Mancini has contributed this wonderful piece. Who will get to it first?
