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DIY

Tips and tutorials on how to make wooden spoons yourself, using saw, axe and knife.

Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Wood

Creative with Christmas tree: make a whisk for whipped cream!

Christmas is over, the days are getting longer and it’s time to strip down the Christmas tree and put it on the side of the…

01-01-202524-02-2025
Categories DIY, Spoon blog

Blog – Ebonizing or blackening of your spoons

Who wants to decorate their spoons has the choice from many different techniques. In this blog I will focus on ebonizing. What is it, how…

18-04-202418-04-2024
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Blog – The ‘Pocket Spoon’

How do you carve a wooden pocket spoon? What are the design considerations? Make your own with a free downloadable template.

19-02-202325-02-2023
Categories DIY, Spoon blog

Blog – Meet the knutkorg

Meet the knutkorg! A scandinavian basket made of fresh and dry wood. A very challenging project!

10-07-202209-01-2023
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Blog – About drying wooden spoons

How can you let your hand carved wooden spoons dry? How can you avoid problems like deformation or cracking?

29-11-202118-12-2021
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Blog – How to make a nice wooden eating spoon

A blog about what we can learn from a bad spoon. So you can use this knowledge to carve spoons that are actually nice to use.

10-06-202128-03-2024
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Blog – Templates for spoon carving

Should you use spoon templates for carving your spoons? A blog post about the pro’s and con’s of using a spoon template.

03-06-202102-08-2024
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Blog – 13 spoon carving tips

How do you get better at spoon carving? In this blog, I’ll share 13 tips that helped me to carve better spoons.

06-05-202104-06-2021
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Blog – Lockdown Survival Guide for spoon carvers

Looking for something to do during lockdown? Here’s a lockdown survival guide with seven tips for spoon carvers.

19-02-202120-02-2021
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving, Tools

What tools for spoon carving?

Saw, axe, knife, spoon knife. What tools to get for carving a wooden spoon? An overview of the basic tools for spooncarving.

21-01-202110-06-2024
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Something fun during lockdown: #SpoonswapNL

A blog about #SpoonswapNL during the lockdown. As much as 33(!) Dutch spoon carvers participated!

19-01-202106-02-2021
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving, Wood

Crooked or straight wood?

Use crooked or straight wood for your spoon? The search for that elusive perfect curve can end up like a quest for the holy grail.

02-01-202131-01-2021
wood species
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Wood

What is the best wood for carving a spoon?

Without wood, you can’t carve a spoon. But what are the best species? These are my favourite kinds of wood for making spoons.

20-12-202031-01-2021
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Wood

5 places to source fresh spoon wood

For spoon carving you need fresh, soft wood. You will not find that in a store. Here are five ways to source wood.

10-12-202005-09-2021
Book Lepelhout Cover
Categories DIY, Spoon blog, Spoon carving

Book Review: Lepelhout

A Dutch book about spoon carving was not yet available. Sjors van der Meer and Job Suijker have remedied this with Lepelhout. A review.

29-11-202031-01-2021
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News & Blog

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    Blog – Which Axe for Spoon Carving?

    08-05-2025
  • Blog – Looking back at ‘Houtmoeting’ and the first Camp & Carve

    09-04-2025
  • Blog – The hook knife, the different shapes and their carving properties

    16-03-2024
  • Blog – The ‘Pocket Spoon’

    19-02-2023
  • Book review – Karvsnitt by Jögge Sundqvist

    19-04-2022

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Dagworkshop Decoratietechnieken [2] Kolrosing, Chipcarving, Lettersnijden, Reliëfsnijden

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Dagworkshop Lepelsnijden in Maartensdijk

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