Sometimes, the challenge doesn’t lie in inventing something new, but in unlocking something old. This spoon, found in the log shelter built by the Willem…
Spoon carving
Blog – Recap Masters of Sloyd Season 2024-2025
This year marked the fifth anniversary of the Masters of Sloyd webinar series. Due to personal circumstances, I was only able to organize two this…
Blog – The hook knife, the different shapes and their carving properties
A blog about the 3 shapes of spoon knifes and their carving properties. When do you use what knife and why.
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.
Blog – About drying wooden spoons
How can you let your hand carved wooden spoons dry? How can you avoid problems like deformation or cracking?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Something fun during lockdown: #SpoonswapNL
A blog about #SpoonswapNL during the lockdown. As much as 33(!) Dutch spoon carvers participated!
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.
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.
Why wooden spoons?
Woodcarving keeps you in the here and now. You keep your knife sharp and the knife keeps you sharp in return. If you don’t pay attention you will feel it…