Hello world!
So the very first entry on my very first blog. What an exciting adventure! To start of with I’d like to play around with the image feature on the blog to make sure I understand it.
I enjoy spooncarving, carving functional objects from green wood, and I’d like to share with you an image of a spoon I’ve carved.
Hawthorn spoon
This spoon has been carved from hawthorn. I love the warm brown colours of the wood and the wiggly figure in the grain. On the handle I’ve had a go at chip carving with some Celtic knotwork. The spoon has been carved from a naturally bent piece of wood to give the crook in the handle. The knot in the bowl shows where a side branch came out that may have caused the change in direction of the branch. The wood has been treated with walnut oil which will slowly oxidise to form a tough, hardwearing coating that has penetrated into the wood.
If this interests you check out more on my website at www.spooncarving.org.uk.
So, more up-to-date green woodworking projects to come on these pages. Stay tuned!
Hi there, I just came back from a weekend camping with my family, and tried to make a spoon using my camping knife. I don’t know why i tried to do this, but failed due to not being able to carve out the bowl part of the spoon with my knife. I have just searched the web for advice, and found your web site. Great site – hope the mac web authoring is doing well. You requested a comment – so thank you!
Hi Rich
Thanks for the comments. I imagine you’ll invest in a hook knife for those spoon bowls? If you wanted to be really bushcrafty you could burn out the bowl of the spoon with embers from the fire or alternatively use a gouge, but a frost hook knife won’t set you back too much!
Hope the next camping weekend goes well! Best, David