How To Carve A Spiral Spoon Handle
Stirring is really hard when using a spoon with no twist because you have to finger muscle it in order for the spoon to always face inwards.
How to carve a spiral spoon handle. If you have a rasp you can also start to shape the handle. Welsh Love Spoons are a wonderful style of wood carving that began in the mid 1600s as a courtship gift. Carved from lignum vitae wood this has the characteristic brown and blonde color combo this wood is so well known for.
Lignum Vitae Carved Spoon Spiral Handle Wood Carving LignumVitae 11 14 long eBay. A very hard and dense wood this must have been very tricky to carve. Jo was more than happy to share her techniques.
After we learned how to draw a spoon from both the front and side views we each took a turn at the band saw and Foredom rotary tools to create the rough shape of a spoon. The edges come perfectly sharp and the blades highly polished so that the knife glides through the wood and so that future sharpening is a breeze. First the blade is hollow-ground so its hard to sharpening on a stone and strop needs honing right out of the package.
Hold the handle of the gouge with your dominant hand at a slight angle toward your spoon and. This will give you more control over the look of the handle. Now you can begin to carve the handle to make your desired shape.
With the twisted spoon while you stir it sort of undergoes a screw motion that counters your circular stir by causing the spoon to twist inwards at all times in your hand. Use a gouge to carve out the bowl of your spoon. She also provided each of us with a block of basswood to use as practice.
Take away little strips and avoid trying to dig too deep. Olek Lejbzon Co. It helps to think of it as a push and pull motion rather than a.
