Manufacturing the Bowls 2, Kwan Ho Chan Post 4

The second part of the production process for the fruit bowl consist of first sanding the fruit bowl’s edges. The production of 10 fruit bowls requires a much bigger set up in order to work efficiently. A large table with a double folded cloth is set up in which rolls of sandpaper is readily available on the table. First 180 grade sandpaper is used to round the edges of the bowl. Then 240 and 320 grade sandpaper is used to smooth out and to removes the scratches from previous grade sandpapers. Finally 600 and 1200 grade wet sandpaper is used with dipping it into water for a smooth, clear finish. However, one of the bowls did not cut properly on the laser cutter and some of the ovals were chipped. Therefore for that specific bowl, 600 and 1200 grade wet sandpaper was also used to smooth out it’s front and back surface. Then polish was used to remove the scratches from the 1200 grade sandpaper. The bowls were then water blasted and clean with turps before the bending process. Finally, the bowls were put into the oven fro 8 minutes and taken down, placed onto the new mold and pressed down on for  a minute or so before letting it cool.