After nine hours of cutting, sticking, coiling and shaping, a paper bowl was born. There were times when I wished I had more digits on my hands and resorted to improvising. Thank you, David M. Smith from Springfield, Vermont, for inventing the 'spring-loaded wood clamp' (... that's a peg to you and me) in 1853! (Source: Wikipedia)
Nothing about the creation of this object was precise. Quite the contrary, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Was the process repetitive? Yes. Were there times when I despised myself for starting out on the journey? Many, many times, the first being about half an hour into the project. But the handmade, rustic charm my new fruit bowl exudes was well worth the paper cuts!
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