Pursue Artistry When You Make Hand Turned Wood Bowls And Vessels

By Larry Fisher


It is a common belief among the more spiritually minded that human beings are meant to be creators in our third dimensional realm. It may be that when we fail to implement creative pursuits in our daily lives, we lose sight of our potential. It is for this reason that some people take up the hobby of making hand turned wood bowls and vessels.

They sometimes work with oak and sometimes with pine. Artists will say that the time spent turning a piece of oak on the lathe is a meditative, Zen type of activity that brings them great inner peace. Some even elevate their art form by learning to carve patterns or pictures into the pieces, making them even more beautiful and personal to the artist.

Such pieces can be set out simply for decoration, or they can be used on a daily basis. Creating gifts for Holidays and birthdays means that the artist can work on their piece with a particular individual in mind. This makes gift giving much more personal, and the piece can be handed down for generations.

Our ancestors would teach these skills to their children, and a person might take a large span of their lifetime making a single piece. They would have to find a piece of the right kind of oak or pine, in basically the right shape, and begin to hollow it out by hand using sand or stones to hollow out the piece. The process was a laborious activity, and the piece made would be kept and cherished by their offspring.

The power of holding a vessel made by a great, great, great ancestor is something modern humans can barely even comprehend. While making such items on a lathe might not take the lifetime of effort that our predecessors were known for, but the outcome is just as special. When we give such items to our friends and family, we cannot know how long they will be used and cherished by the recipients.

People who take up these hobbies often create for themselves an additional income possibility, sometimes called a side-hustle. High prices are often charged for intricate hand-made wooden pieces, and these are sold both in local markets and online. In fact, such items are often found in local specialty shops or antique stores, and tourists love to buy artwork made by those in the community.

As we mature, our hobbies often become more important than the jobs we work on a daily basis. This is because the act of creation is more rewarding to us than simply making money to pay bills with. If a person can make a career out of a hobby, then they begin to learn what true job satisfaction means.

Spiritually minded people may be right about creative and artistic expression being so vital to our sense of personal well-being. Unplugging the television and taking up a hobby that allows us to express ourselves may be the perfect rescue from the ills of daily life. Perhaps more hobbies would mean fewer harmful lifestyle behaviors that are often based on boredom and a sense of futility about life.




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