Berry Creek Bowls are hand-chopped bowls, custom-made from southern hardwoods such as pecan, cherry, cypress, poplar, magnolia, beech, wild plum, sweet bay, 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! (See About.)

The bowls on this site (See Photo Gallery) will give you just a sample of what our inventory looks like, and will serve as an example of different woods and bowl shapes.  Round, oval, large, or small, shallow, or deep--there are many  from which to choose.

For a truly unique bowl, have us chop one out of your OWN wood--the old elm from Grandpa’s farm perhaps, or a tree blown down in Hurricane Katrina--a great way of making a catastrophe into something beautiful and treasured. Call or email us (See Contact Us) for pricing information. We know you’ll fall in love with these bowls as much as we have!