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The Beard's Bowls

The Beard's Bowls

Check out the Beard's wood turned bowls below.  These bowls have been locally turned out of salvaged trees in the Kankakee IL area by the Beard himself.  Shipping will be added for orders outside of Kankakee County.  However, if you live in the local area, Sensei and/or the Beard will be happy to personally deliver your bowl directly to you!  

Meet "The Highlight" - Highly Figured Black Walnut Bowl with Bark Inclusion - Locally Handmade Meet "The Highlight" - Highly Figured Black Walnut Bowl with Bark Inclusion - Locally Handmade
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Wood Species: Black Walnut
This stunning black walnut bowl was handcrafted from a piece of salvaged wood from my childhood home in Carlinville, IL.  It contains beautiful chatoyancy both inside and out as well as a natural bark inclusion in a unique feature in the front opening of the bowl.It measures 10.75" diameter x 4..
$258.00
Meet "The Carpenter". This Butternut (White Walnut) Bowl is part of the Beard's Signature Series items that are absolutely unique and one-of-a-kind works of art. This piece started out intending to be a large salad bowl, however the wood had other plans. Because the beautiful wood had been sitti..
$248.00
Wood Species: Black Walnut
Black Walnut #11 - Large Fruit Bowl.  I turned this bowl on Jan 1, 2024 while still green which has caused the bowl to warp a bit.  It may continue to warp a little more over time as the bowl equalizes moisture content to its environment.The black walnut wood was generously given to us by ..
$140.00
Wood Species: Red Oak
This is one of the first bowls the Beard ever turned.  It started out being a dinner-plate size bowl.  As the Beard chased his mistakes over and over as he honed his craft, the bowl shrunk into what it is now.  This bowl was turned dry and has a nice foot at the bottom.  It is th..
$25.00
Wood Species: Red Oak
This small spalted red oak bowl  with a tapered opening was turned wet and is warping a bit as it dries.  Some may say it's now flawed...the Beard says it just is some added character...
$25.00
Large Fruit Bowl 13" x 4.5" Locally Handmade from Red Oak Large Fruit Bowl 13" x 4.5" Locally Handmade from Red Oak
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Wood Species: Red Oak
This large fruit bowl (13" x 4.5") was made this week by St. Anne woodturner, Shane Boland out of some red oak from his childhood home in Carlinville, IL.The wavy grain patterns and pencil spalting make this large bowl a one of a kind treasure.  Happy to deliver in Kankakee county...
$240.00
"Mitsuharu" "Mitsuharu"
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Wood Species: Black Walnut
"Mitsuharu" is the flagship of the Beard's Signature Series of one-of-a-kind pieces of hand made art.  This stunning segmented black walnut salad bowl has two maple accents to give it some added flair.  "Mitsuharu" in Japanese means "Light" or "Radiance".  We thought this was fitting ..
$258.00 $448.00
"The California Kid" "The California Kid"
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Wood Species: Black Walnut
Sorry to break the bad news, but this little beauty has been sold...."The California Kid" is a beautiful little live edge black walnut bowl named after one of Sensei's favorite TUF coaches and UFC hall of famer, Uriah "The California Kid" Faber.  Once a dominant force in the WEC, The California..
$125.00
Spalted Black Cherry Natural Edge Winged Bowl  from the Beard's Backyard | Extra Lage | SOLD! Spalted Black Cherry Natural Edge Winged Bowl  from the Beard's Backyard | Extra Lage | SOLD!
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Wood Species: Black Cherry
The Beard's wife wanted a path cut through the back woods to the forest preserve and the Beard got distracted by a black cherry tree that had gotten knocked down in a storm a couple of years ago.  This is a large winged bowl, measuring nearly a foot across.  Turned wet but sanded to 1000 g..
$91.19
Spalted Red Oak Natural Edge Bowl | SOLD Spalted Red Oak Natural Edge Bowl | SOLD
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Wood Species: Red Oak
This is the Beard's first natural edge bowl.  It was supposed to be the Beard's first LIVE edge bowl....however the Beard turned the bark the wrong direction and it all flew off!  Live and learn...still turned out to be a pretty cool, thinly turned natural edge bowl.Check out the best part..
$60.31
Spalted Red Oak Winged Bowl | Medium | SOLD! Spalted Red Oak Winged Bowl | Medium | SOLD!
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Wood Species: Red Oak
This spalted red oak winged bowl has no foot which makes the profile of this bowl super low and super cool!   Missing a little bark just ads a little more character to this unique piece.  Finished with linseed oil and beeswax...
$60.00
American Elm #1 | Natural Edge Winged Elm Bowl | (Flawed) American Elm #1 | Natural Edge Winged Elm Bowl | (Flawed)
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Wood Species: American Elm
This is the first piece of American Elm the Beard has turned.  Mistakes were made, lessons were learned.  The bowl has been marked as flawed becuase at the top of the bowl on each side where the bowl curves inward, the live edge had to be taken out in order to finish the turning.  Som..
$68.00 $88.00
Black Walnut #10 - Large Fruit Bowl Black Walnut #10 - Large Fruit Bowl
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Wood Species: Black Walnut
This bowl was turned last week while still green which has caused the bowl to warp a bit.  It may continue to warp a little more over time as the bowl equalizes moisture content to its environment...
$118.00
Butternut (White Walnut) Bowl - Super Spalted | 8.75" x 3.5" | Polished with Yorkshire Grit and Finished Linseed Oil / Beeswax Combination Butternut (White Walnut) Bowl - Super Spalted | 8.75" x 3.5" | Polished with Yorkshire Grit and Finished Linseed Oil / Beeswax Combination
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This wood was given to me by a kind FB stranger who said it was black walnut and didn't want to see it burned.  It had been sitting for a couple of years and I was hoping it would be spalted because of this.  When I got the wood, it was spalted beyond what I normally would want and to the ..
$75.00
Extra Large Live Edge Bur Oak Bowl | Finished with Linseed Oil & Beeswax | Flawed Extra Large Live Edge Bur Oak Bowl | Finished with Linseed Oil & Beeswax | Flawed
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Wood Species: Bur Oak
This Extra Large Live Edge Bur Oak Bowl is the third piece of bur oak turned from a couple of truckloads of bur oak given to the Beard by someone in the neighborhood who had a very old oak tree taken down.  The base of this tree was 5-6' in diameter.  It must have been hundreds of yea..
$80.00 $145.23
Live Edge Black Walnut #9 Live Edge Black Walnut #9
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Wood Species: Black Walnut
This live edge black walnut bowl was turned in October by Saint Anne Wood Turner, Shane Boland.  The Wood was sourced from Mokena, IL.Sealed with sanding sealer and finished with two coats of high gloss polyurethane. This bowl was turned while wet (partially kiln dried) and may warp or cra..
$78.00 $105.00
Meet "Mayhem" - A Large Beyond Spalted Butternut (White Walnut) Fruit Bowl | 13" Diameter x 4" Tall | Finished with Food Grade Mineral Oil Meet "Mayhem" - A Large Beyond Spalted Butternut (White Walnut) Fruit Bowl | 13" Diameter x 4" Tall | Finished with Food Grade Mineral Oil
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Meet "Mayhem" - A Large Beyond Spalted Butternut (White Walnut) Fruit Bowl Turned by local woodturner, our very own "The Beard", himself.Turned Dimensions:  13" Diameter x 4" HeightThe wood was salvaged from some super nice folks in Bourbonnais who reached out to see if The Beard wanted it as t..
$128.00
Pencil Spalted Red Oak Fruit Bowl Pencil Spalted Red Oak Fruit Bowl
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Wood Species: Red Oak
This one of a kind fruit bowl features beautiful pencil spalting throughout the sapwood and beautiful grain.  It is 11.25" x 3" in size and perfect for holding fruit in style on your kitchen island or table.This Red oak was saved from becoming firewood and was sourced from right down the road i..
$113.00
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