Land+Living: The Great Bowl of Fire

Outdoor — May 31, 2005 Posted by Anthony

Not your dad's firepit

Ever wonder what happens to old decommissioned propane tanks? We always did (well, not really, but we wish we could say we did). On that note, John T. Unger did and he did something we could only dream of doing: He cuts them up and makes one very cool fire pit out of them. With flames no less. Flames, so hot right now. We're diggin' it John!

"The Great Bowl of Fire is cut from quarter inch thick steel— you could hit it with a car and it wouldn't notice. Your car would though, so I don't really recommend such extreme product testing. A better idea might be to chuck it off the roof, but please be careful getting it up there, it's very heavy."

Link: Artbuzz [Thanks, John!]

8 comments

Comments (8)

Doug — May 31, 2005
does it glow?

Hmm. It is nice lookinng, but I think I prefer a firepit that's not such an effective conductor of heat.

johntunger — May 31, 2005
earthberming it

Doug, You must live somewhere warmer than I do, eh? If you wanted less radiant heat, you could partially bury the bowl so that only the flame design and maybe some of the bowl were visible. Just a thought. Actually, I'm glad you brought it up.

Doug — May 31, 2005
I hate blisters

Yeah, I live in San Diego. 72 and sunny, baby. It would look gorgeous if it were partially buried.

johntunger — May 31, 2005
Oh, glow... no it doesn't

Actually I tried feeding it a ton of dry kindling the other night to see if I could get it cherry red. Nope. It does kick out a decent amount of heat, but the steel is too thick to actually glow. Maybe with an airblower connected...

swish — June 9, 2005
nice

I'm digging it.

Rick Paine — June 4, 2006
simple design?

John, Can you make one of simple design? No flames? How much would that be?

john t unger — June 13, 2006
simple design is possible

Rick, email me from my website to discuss this. Yes, I can do one without the flame design...

Sue — May 11, 2010
Flame Fire Bowl

Do you sell these and if so, how much? sues004@aol.com