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Nice work - I like the grain. I'm still very pleased with completing the first few. It's amazing how much each one teaches you - I guess the skill comes in remembering each mistake on every new attempt.
I would have prefered the bowl to be a lot thinner, but there's a knot right in the middle of the bowl and it was a real chore to carve out. Eventually I gave up and just finished the rest as best I could. I am very pleased with it as a first attempt, but it's not actually a very practical spoon (which was the original intention). It's definitely taught me a lot though, and I'm sure my next one will be better.
I'm thinking about a tiny blackthorn teaspoon next.
After reading that Elm rarely splits, I just decided to carve it green. I was fine to work (although I've only ever tried Blackthorn before, and it was considerably easier than that). For some reason, I managed to visialise the basic shape quite early on, but I did have a lot of trouble getting everything symetrical and ballanced later on.
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