Large Ebonized Oak Salad Servers
Toss leafy greens with a well-crafted, artisanal flair. This hand-made salad tosser set have an elegant and slightly bowed shape. The large size is about 12"in length, are sustainably sourced, upcycled, and handcrafted in New England.
These tossers are made of black ebonized wood. Ebonized wood is made by using a natural process to darken wood that allows a beautiful wood grain to show through. The ebonizing process reacts with the tannins in the wood creating bowls that are dark brown to black and 100% food safe. These pieces are most frequently made from oak wood which is a sought after hardwood known for being strong, heavy and straight-grained.
Spencer Peterman is always on the lookout for fallen trees rotting in the woods. He gets excited about this kind of stuff. So do his customers. Hidden in those fallen trees — especially the ones covered by moss and dirt — is wood disfigured by the beginnings of decomposition. Turning that wood on a lathe produces strikingly unique bowls, perfect for your home. Almost all the wood he gets is from locally fallen trees in Western Massachusetts, such as oak, maple, cherry or black walnut. The maple bowls are figured by the decomposition and aging of the wood, which we call “ambrosia” or “spalted.”
