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USA - New England - CT - mostly spoons all hand carved with axe and knife.

27/07/2022

Simple kolrosed desert spoon. Been really enjoying trying some different designs- slowing down “production” and focusing a little more on each individual piece.
Carved from a huge cherry log found on ocean ave in new London, CT

23/07/2022

Tulip cooking spoon

22/07/2022

A recently finished spatula

06/07/2022

I really slowed down carving, basically stopped after my wife and I had a baby, but now that the baby is old enough to start holding spoons, it’s time to get back to making!
Feels good to finish a couple things- first a batch of honey dippers I carved from a log I found on the side of the road in New London.

10/01/2022

Another river spoon that found a home in 2021.

09/01/2022

I had never made a rice paddle like this before, and I can’t wait to try and replicate it. Something about it’s asymmetrical flow…

05/01/2022

I have a number of these small eating size spoons and I think I’m going to practice kolrosing on them… this is the first one.
If you have any design ideas I should try let me know!

03/01/2022

This striped bass ornament was another non-spoon craft I worked on over December; it is actually one of the several types of fish I made…
I have always wanted to try making fish using driftwood, but I think that will be sometime down the road. While thinking about driftwood fish though, I thought about using wire and driftwood… then thought about using corks instead, because we had a few lying around!
I have to admit the actual product looked better than what I saw in my mind, and I am quite pleased with myself!

02/01/2022

Another non-spoon thing I worked on over December was trying to figure out bird shapes… because there are a lot!
It started when I was working on decorating our baby’s nursery and I wanted to make a couple birds as part of a decoration. After making just a couple birds and looking up some pictures I realized there are way too many bird types and shapes to just figure out one!
I feel like this is going to be an ongoing interest, because I have already carved way to many birds; both terrible looking and some ok…
If anyone has any tips on what makes a bird shape a bird shape let me know!

31/12/2021

Basket of spoons roasting by the fire.
One of the ways that dry winter air can be advantageous is spoons dry fast after being oiled- especially if put in front of the fire! Lol
These days I use organic hempseed oil to finish spoons, which I think doesn’t have a huge impact on wood color, and also has a very nice smell, which isn’t super strong, and doesn’t stand out too much on woodenware.
I used to use a beeswax/mineral oil combo but I never felt like it stayed in the wood or sealed it as well as the hempseed oil.

30/12/2021

A river spoon that found a new home in 2021!

29/12/2021

Throwback to last winter carving these bad boys… only one of them made it without cracking during drying- and trust me I used a lot of wood chips saved from carving in a garbage bag (what I think is the slowest, safest drying method). Usually I just use a ziplock bag and put as much of the spoon in as fits with whatever wood chips fit from the carving.
I find that winter can be the riskiest time to take wood from outside and carve it inside because of the contrast in moisture in the outside and inside air.

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