Berry Creek Bowls are hand-chopped bowls, custom-made from southern hardwoods such as pecan, cherry, cypress, poplar, magnolia, beech, sweet gum, persimmon, and elm, just to name a few.

We harvest downed timber, allowing the wood to dry and season for months before crafting a bowl using an adz and a hatchet. Once the bowls are chopped, they are air-dried slowly for weeks, then sanded to a silky-smooth finish and hand-rubbed with food-safe Danish oil, a special blend that creates that soft sheen of yesterday’s antiques. Because these bowls aren’t machine-made on a lathe, they don’t have that “manufactured” look, but instead are full of character. We think of them as being like people--not quite perfect, maybe a knothole here or there, but each one very special and dear to our hearts.

We don’t sell directly from this website because each bowl is unique.  However, the bowls pictured in our Photo Album will give you a sample of what our inventory looks like, and will serve as an example of different woods and bowl shapes.  If you contact us we can send you a link to a digital photo inventory of what is available for sale on a day-by-day basis.  Round, oval, large, small, shallow, or deep--there are many from which to choose.

For a truly unique bowl, you can even have us chop one out of your wood--the old elm from Grandpa’s farm perhaps, or a tree blown down in a storm--a great way of making a piece of history into something beautiful and treasured that will last for years to come. Call or email us for pricing information. We know you’ll fall in love with these bowls as much as we have.