I have been doing a couple of designs over and over trying to increase my speed. These will all be $25.00 a piece if anyone is interested in a hand carved WORKING spoon.

The beginnings of a couple of walnut rockets.

                  been a little while so here is a update on whats been going on in my world.

                                                   1st off    I've finished up few bowls.

                                          these 2 are  cherry and walnut freshly oiled

and the I've always got some spoons

 in the works.   

             

                                                 

cherry,maple,holly,and walnut this time

                                                                                                                                                              

              and i also have been working on new bending fixtures for my chair,barstools,and rocker legs

                          

and here is a walnut rocker leg steamed and bent in its drying form    

a few spoons and 2 new bar stools

So I guess I’m pretty much a blogger slacker I suppose. But here are a couple of things I have been working on lately.

The first is another cherry chair I have been oiling up I am using a new type of oil, bio-shield that is supposed to be completely non-toxic. So far I really like it, seems to really soak in the wood and I love the fact I can rub it on without gloves.








And the second thing I have been doing is splitting fire wood I suppose this is pretty honest work by itself but it is especially nice when you find a piece or two in the pile you can make something out of. What I’ve got so far is some white oak that I think will make a nice welsh style chair. So i put the firewood on hold long enough to shave a few spindles.

This Bradford pear spoon is on its way to join the collection of a Mr. Norman Stevens.


He has been collecting hand carved spoons since the early 1970s. And even though I have never thought of my woodcraft as collectable I was tickled to be contacted by Mr. Stevens and ask if I would make a spoon for his collection.

Where I live it seems like everyone has a Bradford pear tree. The trouble with them is they don’t seem to stand up to storms very well. Well here is a recently completed spoon that came from a tree that went down in a recent storm.

The wood was a little tough to carve but it finished up pretty nice.