Lilac serving spoon

I made this Lilac serving spoon last week and posted the pictures on my facebook page, it sold within minutes to someone in the states. Its a lovely spoon and Lilac is a lovely wood to use for spoons, it dries very hard and leaves a fantastic finish from the knife.

A few eating spoons in Cherry and Alder

Heres a few that I have finished recently, some are painted and just need oiling, others are oiled with no paint. I love making eating spoons and I love using them to eat with, making them is fun for me as its great to get them right, shape, size and design. All these are made from straight wood which I have carved them with a cook and all are finished with the knife, like all my spoons.

Spoon carving course pictures from today

Todays spoon carving course went really well, there were two people booked in but unfortunately one student couldn't make it. Keith was meant to come on the last course that I ran in March but the bad weather made it difficult for him to get to there. Teaching one to one with todays student Keith was fantastic, when Keith arrived I asked him if he had carved anything before, it turned out Keith had never carved before which as it happens made today a very rewarding challenge.

Keith showed great promise with an axe and was very accurate with his strikes.

Teaching students one to one is really beneficial as your full focused on their every cut.

Keith really mastered the different knife grasps after persevering and soon became very competent and confident.
After dinner the fire alarm went off by mistake, and it was just too loud to continue indoors, so we went outside for a carve until it stopped.

Heres a pic of Keith's and my spoon.

Keith's spoon is the one on the top.

One of the things we concentrated on today was to create a curved spoon from a straight piece of wood, you can see from the photos that Keith did a fantastic job and has created a stunning shape.
I really enjoyed teaching Keith today and teaching one to one was a great experience.

Alder Kuksa

I've not carved a Kuksa for ages and thought that I would take a break from spoons for a day. I enjoy carving Kuksa's and this one was great to carve.
Kuksa's have always been a fascination to me, I love looking at how the shapes vary and the styles that folk produce. This one I added some chip carved details to the handle, avoiding the small knot that appeared.

Cherry eating spoon

Just a few pictures of a small Cherry eating spoon I finished the other day, this style and design is something that I have been working on and I'm enjoying carving them.
I added some chip carving to the handle.

Small eating spoons.

I have been busy recently with a lot of carving, running my tree surgery business and my spoon carving courses. I have a new date set for the 20th of April, more details see here.
I have been making a portfolio of work to exhibit and sell, I feel like I have developed a style that I am happy with for the minute, I'm sure I will develop this more over time.

Firstly small eating spoons, these are about 5 inches long in total. I have been using Birch and Alder for these and I find them great for eating with.

Here they are in the spoon rack.

I have also been making some cooking scoops, these are great for stirring and serving up food.

I have just finished a flour scoop made from cherry. It looks rather elongated in the photo but its perfect for scooping out flour.

If you are interested in buying any of my spoons please get in touch for prices.

greenwoodwork26@yahoo.com

Some pictures from todays course

Some pics on my other blog here from todays spoon carving course.