I have an interest in bowlcarving and have many completed bowls in my collection. My newinterest is trencher bowls, also known as trencher dough bowls oralso simply dough bowls.


My new project idea iscreating a very large trencher bowl, 3 to 6 feet in length. My firstattempt would be something about 3 feet long and 16 to 18 inches wideand 8 to 9 inches thick.


I have seen some verylarge trencher bowls on internet up to about 7?? feet in length andrecently while watching a movie, one of the props was a very largetrencher.


My question is, how tokeep these very large bowls from checking?? The large historic bowlsseem to have no significant cracks or none at all. So, before jumpinginto this new project, have others here ever carved a large trencherbowl? What was your experience? Success or?


Thankyou.