This bowl was handcrafted from a slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) that grew in the Davenport College quadrangle. The tree was removed in March 2019 after it was damaged in an early spring snow storm. This bowl is 7.5” in diameter and 5.5” high. This is bowl #10 of the 39 bowls to be crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
This natural-edged bowl was hand-turned from a large elm tree that grew along College Street in the courtyard between the Sterling Hall of Medicine and the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health. This massive 80+ year old tree was the oldest and largest tree on the Medical School campus. It showed signs of disease and age and had to be removed in the summer of 2021. This bowl is 7.75” in diameter and 4” inches high. This is bowl #52 of the 96 bowls to be crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
This bowl was handcrafted from a giant black oak tree that grew in Berkeley College courtyard and whose branches extended over Cross Campus. A large branch fell from this tree during the 2025 Opening Assembly of the new first year class as the academic procession exited Cross Campus. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but this iconic tree had to be removed from campus due to loss of structural integrity. This bowl measures 7” by 4” tall. This is bowl #4 of the estimated 100 to be turned from this tree.
This limited edition Fountain pen was hand turned from an American Black Walnut tree (Juglans nigra) that grew for at least 40 years on the grounds of the Yale Marsh Botanical Gardens at 227 Mansfield Street. The tree was removed in 2010 to increase sunlight to the greenhouses. The heartwood is a deep chocolate brown with a contrasting white sapwood. To our knowledge this was the only walnut tree on Yale University campus.
Also contains a designer pen box and a card describing the history of the tree and its location.
This bowl was handcrafted from a 35 year old Elm (Ulmus rubra) that grew on Cross Campus. The tree was one of eight trees on the quad, only three of which were Elms. It grew in front of the entrance to Harkness Hall, across the quad from Hopper College and within site of the Sterling Memorial Library. This Elm tree, which is the namesake of Elm City, died in the spring and was removed in July 2014. This bowl is 76” in diameter and 3” high. This is bowl #82 of the bowls crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
This bowl was hand-crafted from a large 60 year old Red Elm (Ulmus rubra) that grew in front of the Yale University Art Gallery on Chapel Street. Arguably the best university art gallery in the world, YUAG opened over 180 years ago and is the oldest university art museum in the western hemisphere. This tree was removed shortly after the renovation of the Street Hall wing of the gallery in 2013. This bowl is 6” in diameter and 3” inches high. This is bowl #40 of the 41 bowls to be crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
This pen was handcrafted from one of the two beech trees across from the Law School on High Street that were removed in the summer of 2015 to facilitate renovation to the Book and Snake secret society building. These trees provided shade to the Law School, the Beinecke Rare Books Library and Book and Snake for at least 70 years.
Pen also comes with a box and card describing the history of the tree.
This bowl was hand-crafted from a massive 80 year old red oak tree that grew in front of the Gibbs Building at 260 Whitney Ave. The tree was removed in November 2016 and the building was torn down in April 2017 to clear the site for the construction of the new Yale Science Building on Science Hill. This is bowl #66 of the 76 bowls that will be crafted from this tree. This bowl is 6.375” in diameter and 3” high.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
This rollerball pen was crafted from a bleacher seat that was originally part of the historic Yale Bowl. When it opened in 1914, the Yale Bowl was the largest amphitheater built since the Roman Colosseum. Several bleachers were removed in 2024 as part of the stadium's renovation. While we’re not entirely certain that this is Douglas Fir wood, we do know that this Yale Bowl bleacher wood has witnessed many a "Saybrook Strip" and has been thoroughly reminded that "Harvard Sucks."
