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Do NOT Boil Your Wooden Spoons
You may have seen a TikTok video in which somebody tells you to clean your wooden spoons by boiling them in water. This person fills a pot with water, brings it to a boil, and then boils a handful of … Continue reading
Spoons, Spoons, and More Spoons
During market season, it sometimes seems like all I make is spoons, spatulas, and other wooden utensils. I take photos of a lot of my work, but I don’t always remember to post the photos here on my blog. So … Continue reading
Posted in Woodenware
Tagged craft market, spoon carving, spoon making, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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How I Make a Spoon
From a tree to a spoon, this is how I make wooden cooking utensils. Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged craft market, spoon carving, spoon making, wood spoon, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Working with Weird, Local Woods (part 1)
I live in one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world–the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in southern Alabama. That means I have access to a very wide variety of tree species to work with. Many are non-native species, and most have … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork
Tagged biodiversity, crepe myrtle, crepe myrtle wood, local wood, magnolia wood, southern magnolia, wooden spoons
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Essential Tools (for Me), Part 3: Spoon-Making Tools
Because spoon making has been such a big part of my woodworking, I think it’s appropriate that I write my 350th blog post about the tools I use to make spoons, spatulas, and other wooden utensils. These are by far … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged card scraper, carving gouge, coping saw, draw knife, drawknife, gouge, Heritage School of Woodworking, Homestead Heritage, Paul Sellers, Pfeil, spofford brace, spoke shave, spokeshave, spoon carving, spoon making, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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How to Start Carving Spoons
As part of my ongoing “How to Start” series of blog posts, here is some advice on how to start carving spoons. My goal is not to guide you through the entire process of making a spoon; I just want … Continue reading
Posted in Tutorials, Wood and Woodwork
Tagged begin, beginning, carving, hatchet, hook knife, Mora knife, sloyd, sloyd knife, spoon, spoon carving, spoon making, spoons, start, starting, treen, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Trash –> Treasure, or New Spoons from Old Furniture
When I sell my spoons and spatulas at craft markets, people always ask me, “Where do you get the wood?” I often laugh because, truth be told, practically ever piece of wood has a story behind it. More often than … Continue reading
Posted in Furniture, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged demolition, poplar, reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimed wood, salvage, salvaged wood, spoons, tulip poplar, wooden spoons, work
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My Love-Hate Relationship with Spoon Carving Templates
I don’t remember exactly when I began to use templates to lay out my wooden spoons and spatulas, but after I had made my first dozen or so wooden spoons, I hit upon a couple of spoon shapes that just … Continue reading
Hotel Spoon Carving
I travel for work once or twice a year. This summer it’s a week-long stay in a hotel, and I have evenings pretty much to myself. In such situations, I never want to be without my spoon carving tools and … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged hotel, hotel room, sloyd, sloyd knife, spoon making, spoons, travel, wood spoon, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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How to Ship a Wooden Spoon
If you sell your woodwork online at all, there’s a little challenge that you probably didn’t think about until you sold your first item: how to package it for shipping. And if you’ve ever received an item in the mail … Continue reading
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Tagged cardboard, economy, envelope, packaging, packing, padded envelope, post office, shipping, USPS, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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