Heartbreak Woodworking

Heartbreak Woodworking Fine furniture. Hand-turned bowls. Carved signs. Custom-designed pieces. In recent years, Rick added carving and bowl-making to his woodworking repertoire.

It all started when Rick took a high school woodworking class and made a mahogany table that is still in use in his house today. After adding to his shop tool-by-tool over the years, he started to build fine furniture pieces that have become cherished heirlooms for friends and family. Turning bowls of all shapes and sizes, Rick prefers to work with locally sourced wood whenever possible, crafting

bowls for friends who have lost treasured trees in a storm or creating birthday and wedding gifts that family can pass down through the generations. Do you have a tree that needs to be cut down and would like a bowl turned from it as a memento? Would you like a custom designed bowl as a gift? Contact Rick McMorrow at [email protected]

Just finishing a couple of birch bowls for a customer in town on this rainy Father's Day weekend.
06/16/2019

Just finishing a couple of birch bowls for a customer in town on this rainy Father's D
ay weekend.

Last day in the Dominican Republic, but we will be back. Now, time to get back into the shop and get ready for the busy ...
03/15/2019

Last day in the Dominican Republic, but we will be back. Now, time to get back into the shop and get ready for the busy summer season. @ Marina Casa de Campo

On vacation in the Dominican Republic and spent some time checking out a few of the mega-yachts today. The dinghy alone ...
03/10/2019

On vacation in the Dominican Republic and spent some time checking out a few of the mega-yachts today. The dinghy alone has almost 20 feet on my boat back home! @ Marina Casa de Campo

A spalting pecan bowl after sealing the wood with shellac and applying a coat of oil. @ Ipswich, Massachusetts
03/09/2019

A spalting pecan bowl after sealing the wood with shellac and applying a coat of oil. @ Ipswich, Massachusetts

Another curly quilty maple bowl coming off the lathe today. @ Ipswich, Massachusetts
02/02/2019

Another curly quilty maple bowl coming off the lathe today. @ Ipswich, Massachusetts

12/30/2018

While turning this platter, the shavings started to collect around the center and do an interesting dance, so I just had to grab the phone.

04/29/2018

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A sure sign of spring is when we drop off our first collection of bowls and platters at Russell Orchards. Rick has been ...
04/29/2018

A sure sign of spring is when we drop off our first collection of bowls and platters at Russell Orchards. Rick has been busy in his shop all winter, and here are the results. Happy spring!

After several months of planning and four weekends of installing duct work, the new dust collection system is fully oper...
10/23/2017

After several months of planning and four weekends of installing duct work, the new dust collection system is fully operational. Now, back to woodworking!

08/19/2017

The last time I had a real dust collector available to me was when I was back in my high school woodshop. I have been making do with just a shop-vac for the past 25 years, but thanks to my supportive wife Kathleen, and by saving my wood pennies, I finally was able to purchase a powerful system, manufactured in nearby Syracuse NY by Oneida Systems. Here is a video of it in action while I finish coring out a small blank from a larger bowl. Next comes ductwork to connect all my machines!

Back on May 23rd, we tweeted at Nick Offerman about Rick's woodworking, and he re-tweeted it to his 1.4 million follower...
06/19/2017

Back on May 23rd, we tweeted at Nick Offerman about Rick's woodworking, and he re-tweeted it to his 1.4 million followers! 20,000 people saw the post and 15,000 looked through the photos of his bowls. We really enjoyed our 15 minutes of fame!

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Some of my new work available at the Cambridge Artist Cooperative. Be sure to swing by if you are in Harvard Square. The...
06/16/2017

Some of my new work available at the Cambridge Artist Cooperative. Be sure to swing by if you are in Harvard Square. They have a great selection of beautiful handmade pieces to see and purchase.

Beautiful and useful wooden bowls by Rick McMorrow

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