How To Carve A Green Wood Spoon
One of my favorite green woodworking techniques is spoon carving and in this video I show you how to carve a spoon from tree to table and what tools you need to carve a spoon whether in your woodshop or sitting by a bonfire in the woods.
How to carve a green wood spoon. Carving a spoon can be a meditative job that allows you to take a block of wood and end up with a piece of art. You can finish your green wood spoon with basically any edible oil- I like to use organic flax or walnut oil rubbed on with a towel then a quick coat of beeswax to give it a little moisture protection. Water absorbs much quicker through the end of the fibers so soak a spoon for a day or two in a plastic bucket shoe-box sized tubs work great any iron will react with the wood.
Part 4 in a 4 part series focusing o the full process of carving a wooden spoon from log to finished product. If you feel comfortable using a carving axe saw your branch into around 250mm lengths. You can cut a section of wood and then freeze it to help contain the moisture and greenness.
This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Heres howAmazon link for 3ft crosscut sawhttpsamznt. Spoon carving is an art as old as stone tools.
Use a spokeshave to round over the edges of the facets. As you use and wash your spoon occasionally re-oil it. Ideally the very best blank is the lower section of a crook.
Sandpaper is seen as cheating but for the non-purists it may be. However rarely is this piece useable because normally the bend is caused by a knot as in the above pics. Green wood just means that it still has moisture in it that it was freshly cut.
After a few strokes on one side move to the. Were mostly talking about using whats called green wood versus dry wood. This can make a dry spoon-blank much easier to carve somewhat approaching the ease of carving green wood.
