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Jim
Lorriman Jim is a master of laminated wooden bowls. He prefers using a concentric ring lamination technique, which is extremely efficient using a minimal amount of wood. Jim has found that turning wood reveals some of the hidden secrets inside the grain. Repeated patterns in birdseye maple cut on the bias looks like droplets of water. The waves in curly maple or cherry become three dimensional and sumac will change colour as it passes though the light. Jim's technique also permits recycling of old wood that has a sentimental value to his clients. He has made bowls from things such as windows, door thresholds, flooring and paddles. He has also made bowls from a favoured tree that has died thus preserving its presence. Jim says that a bowl's name and story will reveal itself to him during the hours he spends with it. |
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 Loon Portage - Look for a knot in the center that looks like a loon walking along a sand bar. The rest of the bowl looks like water or rings in water made from raindrops. |
 Directions - A 'stick bowl' made from laminating pieces of wood from a tree Jim found in a swamp near his home. Jim thinks the wood is called balsam poplar. |
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