How To Carve Your Own Wooden Spoon
You can slowly move on to medium and fine grit once you are done with the coarse grit.
How to carve your own wooden spoon. With the spoon gouge begin to carve away in the center of the spoon. In this article we will go through the main steps of carving a spoon for each step you will find a link to a more detailed article. You do not need to dry your spoon if you have used dried or seasoned wood to carve it.
Next comes the reinforced pull stroke. Use a straightedge or ruler to create the long handle part. He subscribes to the notion that the spoon is already present in the wood and the maker is just bringing it out.
Author Lee H Arten explains how he taught himself how to make his first wooden spoon a gift for his wife-to-be. Learn how to carve your own wooden spoon using traditional techniques and your own hands by attending this small group one day workshop led by your tutor Matt Eliason AKA Spoonguy who has over 30800 hours experience in spoon carving. Use a marker or pencil to draw the top view of your spoon on the wood.
Saw and carve your drawing Now draw horizontal lines beneath the circles to create a security stop put on your glove and use a handsaw to saw the wood down to the lines. Some woodgrain will have waves in it which can cause your spoon handle to wave too. How To Carve A Wooden Spoon.
Draw a circle or an egg-shape inside the rounded part of your spoon so it almost reaches the edges of the outline. Sourcing wood and things to consider. Held in Toowoomba the workshop covers.
There are many ways to carve a wooden spoon the method this Blog is focused on is greenwood carving using only hand tools. Start sanding your spoon with coarse-grit sandpaper. Concepts of spoon design.
