Flower Shaped Nut Bowl

This flower-shaped wooden serving bowl are hand cut by artisans from North India.  Hand cut wooden offerings are as close as they get to being raw and natural.  The process starts with logs of wood being cut into flat slabs using saws.  Usually, two artisans hold the wood firmly, ensuring that the slabs are cleanly cut.  After this step, multiple tools are used for various purposes like carving, cutting, marking, chopping, etc.  The order of it depends on the kind of craft.  Many crafts essentially involve using only one block of wood that the artisans work on.  Often, artisans connect multiple blocks of wood so skillfully that it looks like a single block!