Rick Robinson, a heartland resident, enjoys his time by sharing his artistic work. Robinson’s love is to capture the inner beauty of nature with her exotic wood grains and beautiful colors, not to create bowls and vases. Rick oversees every aspect in the creation of his art. As local wood is handcrafted from milled trees cut from his father’s land, other rarer wood is imported from around the world. Rick uses his thirty plus years experience in the crafting of wooden art in every piece......

Once Robinson determines that his envisioned vessel works out mathematically on paper; Rick spends fifteen to twenty hours milling the rough lumber to approximate desired thickness, cutting the boards to desired width, segmenting, and assembling the rings. If the ring matches his layout, Rick proceeds by gluing the ring together. It is now that the rings are sanded and stacked. He continues by gluing the rough bowl bottom to the rings and ends up with a vessel in similar shape to the final product. The subsequent step is very delicate, and any minor mistake will result in the entire project being ruined. After working twenty to twenty five hours Robinson risks all and begins turning the vessel. If he doesn’t uncover any fatal flaws such as open joints, misaligned pieces, or unseen natural material defects; he spends a couple more hours sanding the vessel smooth. To remove any saw dust and foreign materials Robinson uses extra fine 0000 steel wool. The final steps include applying and flooding the vessel with clean clear Danish oil. Rick’s artistic masterpiece is now completed.