Saturday, September 3, 2011

Cache of Spoons

Maple spoon blanks hang to dry.
Since the hurricane that hit last week, I have been gathering pieces of fallen trees and branches. One special find was a beautiful maple tree that has light, clear wood perfect for the kitchen spoons I make. I found by cutting them out while green I could avoid losing a lot of wood to splitting. Once cut to shape, they dry very quickly. Most have gone from 20+% to 7-10% in one day without checking.

During the five days we were without electricity on my block, we got to know our neighbors a little better. Each morning we'd meet at the end of the driveway of one friend and share coffee and our hopes of being back to normal. I thought I might make a spoon for each of them to commemorate those beautiful summer mornings together. The rest will go in my Etsy shop!

2 comments:

  1. Dan
    Great idea and I hope you get back to normal as soon as possible. Cant wait to see the finished product. Can you hand carve them?

    Hal

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  2. Right now I'm working on kitchen utensils that have to be practical as well, so I carve then to rough shape, then shape and sand with power tools. It is fairly soft wood (for maple) so I could carve some too.

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