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"Liberating the spoon from a mere hand-to-mouth existence." Exploring the creative process within the constraints of the wooden spoon... and sometimes, outside of those constraints.
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Repost... 'Twig' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Carambola wood (Starfruit). While helping a friend polish a terrazzo floor... just outside the back door in the pouring rain was a small tree with a broken branch. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #sculpture #woodenspoon #twig 🥄

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

Repost... 'Twisted Sister' ~ Wooden spoon carved in either Jackfruit wood or Ipil-Ipil collected in the Philippines. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #sister #whimsical #object #woodart #utensil 🥄

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Matchbox Mosaic' ~ 450 matchboxes painted with acrylics. If case anyone wonders what I did with the match boxes from yesterday's post... here are some of them. #art #craft #design #matchbox #acrylics #paint #mosaic #wallart #panel #spoontaneous #color

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Color Matched' ~ Panel with dyed wooden matchsticks. 'Espy' ~ Wooden matchstick mosaic using match ends as pixels (used approx. 4,000 matches). 'Matchstick Decoy' ~ Teal decoy using approximately 12,000 burnt matchsticks. #art #craft #design #woodworking #matches #woodart

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Unmitigated Gall' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Bottlebrush wood. A gall is similar to a burl and can be caused by virus, bacteria or insects. The Bottlebrush trees down here in South Florida are full of them. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking 🥄

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Two Faced' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Zebrawood. Probably not the best choice of wood for this spoon but it was what I had in the shop at the time. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #woodenspoon #carving #twofaced 🤨 🤨 🥄

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Twisty' ~ Wooden spoon carved from a vine strangled sapling (Hackberry, I think) found in the woods. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #object 🥄

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Two Gether' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Elm wood burl. This piece came about after I had cut the blank for a single bowled spoon from a small off-cut. It was too thick and got sliced in half. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #design #craft #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #wood 🥄

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Unravel' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Carambola wood (Starfruit). Those weird looking fruit you see at the produce stand that... when sliced, look like a star. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #whimsical #object ➰🥄

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Repost... 'Sundry Sunday' Carved panel of 2" Teak wood squares. Plywood heart with Birch bark squares. Scrabble tiles with Lao Tzu quote. 'Moon is Swimming Naked' ~ Panel carved in hard rock Maple from countertop. #woodworking #art #craft #design #carving #woodart

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Caturday... 'Incense Burner' ~ Carved in European Pearwood with malchite eyes. 'Eight to Go' ~ Carved from a 4" x 4" post... an ode to the only cat I ever 'owned'. 'Wildcat' ~ Marquetry panel from various wood veneers. All of these pieces were from 30+ years ago. #cat

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Ups and Downs' ~ Wooden spoon carved in either Ebony or African Blackwood... too lazy to look it up. My wife wanted me to title this spoon 'Chocolate Bacon'. Nope. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart 🥓 🥄

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Village Spoon' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Cherry wood. A neighboring shop gave me some left over cherry wood and this spoon came about. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #woodart #wood #village 🥄

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Repost... 'Vertebrate' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Black Locust burl. I traded this spoon maybe 10 years ago for some driftwood... which I am still waiting to receive. /-: #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #wood #carving #vertebrate 🥄

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Vine Snake' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Padouk wood. If you do a quick internet search for 'vine snake images' you will see how cool these guys really look. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #wood #carving #snake #woodenspoon 🐍 🥄

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Void Where Prohibited' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Walnut. The original idea was for a wall piece cut in laminated cardboard with red stenciled letters 'Void where prohibited'... but ended up being a spoon first. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #void 🥄

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... More hairsticks-s-s-s... First and last image (same pieces) are carved in Ebony with silver wire inlay. The non-Ebony piece is Lacewood. #hairstick #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #snakes #woodcarving #whimsical #objects #wood 🐍

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... Hairsticks.... 'Flowers' ~ Maple wood with pigment. 'Top Hat' ~ Buckthorn, Ebony and Holly. 'Acorn' ~ Acorn with Oak shaft. 'Sea Shell' ~ Found seashell with Ebony. #hair #accessories #spoontaneous #art #craft #wood #woodworking #sculpture #design #woodcarving

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Repost... 'Wrapped Spoon' ~ Wooden spoon carved in spalted Beech wood with wax linen wrap. 'Spalt' is created by fungi invading the decaying wood. Some woods are more prone to 'black line spalt' such as this piece of Beech. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #carving #wood 🥄

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Y the Long Face' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Surinam Cherry (if I remember rightly). The original concept for this was for a wall piece using a 'crotch' wooden slab... but the spoon maker in me got there first. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #wood #carving #face 🥄

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Yoga Scoop' ~ Carved in Ipil-Ipil wood collected in the Philippines. I did not like this piece much at all. I liked the concept, and still do... but this wood was not the right choice... difficult to work and had inclusions that changed the design. #scoop #spoontaneous #craft

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Repost... York Gum Burl spoons. The first one has a Maple (I think) handle. York Gum Burl is a really, really nice wood to carve and has both... beautiful color and grain. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #wood 🥄

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... A couple of 'Zig Zag' wooden spoons. The first one is carved in Serviceberry wood (one of my favorite woods)... and the second one is carved in Sapele wood. The lady that ordered the first one called it her 'Magic cooking wand". #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking 🥄

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Repost... Non-spoon stuff for weekend. 'Cat-a-combs' ~ Walnut, Koa and Sapele wood. 'Owly Cat' ~ Walnut #cat #woodworking #comb #catacomb #carving #wood #art #craft #design 🐈

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Repost... Non spoon work for the weekend. All of these piece came from a recycled computer desk I had back in the 90's. 'Blue Bill' 'Recircled' 'Blast' ~ I took this panel out and blasted it with a 12 gauge shotgun and then carved around the exposed buckshot.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Repost... 'Witch Hazel' ~ Wooden spoon carved in (what else?) Witch Hazel wood. When I first cut into this piece of wood on the band saw I cut right through an embedded bullet. 'Shack' ~ Carved from the off-cut of Witch Hazel. #spoon #spoontaneous #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture 🧙‍♀️ 🛖 🥄

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Repost... 'Wizard's Spoon' ~ Carved from an upturned root found while hiking near Franklin, TN. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #object #wood #carving 🥄

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Repost... 'Worm' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Wild Apple wood. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #carving #wood #whimsical #object 🪱 🥄

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Repost ~ 'Winging It' ~ Wooden spoon(s) carved in Maple wood and Holly. I have since cut out the Holly feathers and need to carve them again... hopefully better than this. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #carving #wood #wing #sculpture #whimsical #utensil 🥄

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment