John and Eileen Herrling create turned wood bowls and platters from salvaged trees, embracing natural features like knots, bark inclusions, and spalting as part of each piece’s story, thus preserving the wood’s unique character.

John’s design and turning skills make these bowls stand out from others.  Eileen’s use of an intense finishing process with a high quality and food-safe beeswax polish enhances grain detail and texture and gives each piece a silky feel.  Their work transforms forgotten timber into functional art, honoring the life of each tree.  They also create commissioned pieces including using a customer’s wood from their own property, if a more personalized bowl or platter with greater sentimental value is desired.