ArtMetal

Hello Rivka,

Allcraft is located in New York, NY. They carry lots of metal shaping supplies including hammers, stakes, etc. They carry a lot more than their website has listed but here is their url:

www.allcraftonline.com

I've never seen any suppliers of wooden chunks with bowl depressions already cut into them. You could acquire your own tree sections and carve it out yourself or you can go the route I did. I acquirred several different sized gas bottles (oxygen, etc) and using proper safety techniques, cut the bottoms off to use as sinking forms. Here is a link to a pic of the ones I cut and use.

http://www.artmetal.com/images/walker/2007/10/sinking_forms

Walker