Busacca Gallery

Antique Japanese wooden indoor Fire bowl tool made from copper and hand carved wood. Once upon a time, in Japan, these where used as the primary source of home heat. This was to heat the home. Space heating generally warms a small space. This bowl has a very elegant appearance, does not need painting, has excellent corrosion resistance, is extremely durable and weathers pleasingly with copper patina's timeless beauty. handmade and unique. You can create a glowing focal point fireplace or inside of Japanese home heating fire bowl.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_carving

Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery. Some of the finest extant examples of early wood carving are from the Middle Ages in Italy and France,[citation needed] where the typical themes of that era were Christian iconography. In England many complete examples remain from the 16th and 17th century, where oak was the preferred medium. Figural carving seems to have been widespread. The carving to represent one's god in a tangible form finds expression in numberless ways. The early carver, and, for that matter, the native of the present day, has found a difficulty in giving expression to the eye, and at times has evaded it by inlaying this feature with colored material.