Spoons, Bowl, Ladle (pic heavy)

[Hedgehog]

Well I started making a few things out of Beech at the last time I was in the Forest, including my first bowl of a reasonable size.

I started the bowl with a guttering Adze, here are some pics of the progress over the last few days...

After laboring with the hook knife I remembered I had a Scorp (Inshave) knocking about - just the trick for a bowl this size...

I'm rather please with how the bowl & ladle have turned out.

The ladle is formed from a lump on a Beech branch. The inner wood was spalted very dark but still hard. I went along with the wonky shape of the branch.


Some more Ewok type wonkyness...

Both made from Beech erm 'nuts'... :X

They all need finishing once they have dried out for a couple of weeks.

Ta.

 

[John Fenna]

That is great looking work!

 

[Shewie]

Cracking work sir :notworthy

 

[inthewids]

Lovely jubbly!! Are they the first things you have made??

 

[Hedgehog]

Thanks for the kind comments chaps.

Lovely jubbly!! Are they the first things you have made??

Not the first no, I've done a fair few spoons & some Kuksas (cups) over the last couple of years. This is my first attempt at a bowl of this size though.

 

[Jack_D]

Fantastic bit of work - very inspiring

 

[Magentus]

They look beautiful - top work!

Magentus

 

[some like it cold]

fantastic work i need to find some wood to try something ive not yet made anything

 

[Kerne]

Nice work, sir! I love the shape of the big spoon.

 

[Singeblister]

great stuff like those a lot

 

[heath]

They look amazing, I really like that style.

What type of adze do you have? Could we get a picture?

 

[Hedgehog]

They look amazing, I really like that style.

What type of adze do you have? Could we get a picture?

It was a friends Gransfors Bruks small guttering Adze. I have no pictures of the one in question sorry.

I have since ordered an even smaller Adze from Svante Djarv in Sweden., I tried one at the Woodfair & loved it.

 

[jon r]

that is some lovely work! thanks for showing

 

[Cobweb]

I really like the look of these, much nicer than the 'perfection' that most aim for