If you want to turn a chunk of wood into a spoon, you often start with an axe to remove most of the excess wood….
Tag: spoon carving tips
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…
Book review: Hart voor hout, by Harald Lamon (Heart for Wood)
In this blog you can read what you will find in the new book written by Harald Lamon and why it is an addition to the green wood library.
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?
Every monday night: The Dutch online spoon gathering ‘Lepelleut’
Every monday night, there is a online gathering for Dutch/Flemish speaking spoon carvers that I organize and regularly attend. It started as a joke during…
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.
Event – Masters Of Sloyd
Starting febuari 4th: Masters of Sloyd is a series of online webinars about spoon carving and other crafts (in Dutch).
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.
Event – Curfew Carving
Something fun during curfew? Let’s carve some spoons together on Skype.
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.
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.
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.