Jim Lorriman

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These are some of Jim's uniquely crafted bowls available this season.

       

                           

                         

Jim Lorriman has mastered an efficient and unique method of making bowls, vases, platters and other pieces.

Concentric ring lamination is a process that requires very little wood to produce a sizable piece. A bowl 14 inches in diameter and five to six inches deep can be made from as little material as two pieces of wood, 15" long by 7 1/2" wide and each approximately 1 1/2 inches thick.

Careful sawing, milling and gluing will result in two laminated boards. These pieces are dry-clamped together and have concentric circles drawn on them. The frequency and the distance between the circles determines the size and shape of the bowl. The pieces are released and the semicircles are cut on a bandsaw at varying angles determined by the distance between the rings.

Each half-ring is then glued and clamped to its opposite. The resulting rings are glued vertically, one at a time, starting with the bottom and working towards the rim. When thoroughly dry, the rough-cut bowl is put on the lathe to be turned and sanded. Finish is applied to the bowl. The bottom is turned, signed and finished.

The result is a stunning bowl made from about 20 to 25% of the material required for a solid wood bowl. Such efficiency of material vastly broadens the kinds of wood with which Jim is able to work. 

         

 

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