Carved spoons

For beginners, this can be a little overwhelming. You can narrow down your selection with the following sweeping statements. Don’t use softwoods (e.g. pines and spruces), don’t use ring porous species (e.g. oaks and ashes). Of course, you can carve a spoon from any wood but diffuse-porous wood tends

Craftsman Giles Newman expresses a love for nature through the art of spoon carving. Using centuries-old sculpting techniques with an axe and knife, he

Posts about spoon carving written by pfollansbee

Here’s the scoop — this is fun and easy!

When I started out out, I carved a lot of bad spoons. It took a long time to figure out certain tips and tricks to making spoons that work well. This is tip is one I really wish I’d been told about earlier.

Shaped like a duck this ladle makes for a wonderful addition to the kitchen utensils. Peten Wood Artisan Sculptors presents this charming ladle carved by hand from natural jobillo wood which is a sustainable wood with brown to dark red and golden hues. Please note that hot and/or spicy food may dye the natural wood yet spoons can be filed and finished with oil to return to natural coloring.

Spoon No 05 of 52. A long bucket shaped sweet shovel made from aspen. I’ve actually been working on it here and there over the last 2 weeks, shh don’t tell anyone. It took an age to mak…

A hand-carved and polished spoon made from a single piece of the finest Mahogany Azobe. Soaked in boiling natural linseed oil. Despite its small size, this spoon holds more than a full-sized dinner spoon. Carved with love, you will feel it as soon as you pick it up, it will become your favorite)

Shop Handmade wooden spoons and other handy kitchen utensils by WorldWoodCraft located in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

London artist Sophie Sellu's carved wooden objects straddle the line between utility and sculpture. They look great on the wall, too.