A branch makes a good wooden spoon. I just split a branch lengthwise to make a sort of flat thing, slice off any remaining bark, eat with it, and throw it away.
What makes a good spoon?
- Thread starter Tiley
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The story.
The spoon may be just functional and badly carved but if it has a story then it can be a perfect spoon. I know this is not what you are after Tiley, but it can be an important part.
I wrote a blog about the perfect spoon as I am very interested in design and ergonomics. I am not copying it out here, to much hassle but if you want a read here it is
The spoon may be just functional and badly carved but if it has a story then it can be a perfect spoon. I know this is not what you are after Tiley, but it can be an important part.
I wrote a blog about the perfect spoon as I am very interested in design and ergonomics. I am not copying it out here, to much hassle but if you want a read here it is
Absolutely! I'm not pursuing the perfect spoon as a dry aesthetic exercise only - the most important part of it is the story that comes with it. A while back, I had two operations on my wrist (complications with the first...) and I have kept - and still use - the first spoon I carved, perhaps a little too soon after being on the slab. It's made of hawthorn and it's not a thing of great beauty but it carries with it the story of my recovery, so it's important, valuable even.
Perfection in spoons is one thing - and, if I'm honest, it IS something that interests me; but character is probably more important.
On the strength of this, over to you: have you carved a spoon with a story behind it that makes it valuable or even perfect?
(Now I'll hunker down and prepare for another barrage of witticisms...!)
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