More oak

I am doing a farmer market on Wednesday on 14th and South Street from 5pm until dusk. Thus the posting to get up to date. I first thought I had not competed may spoons in the last thirty days, I was wrong

144 - Rustic Oak - reminds me of something you might find in an old cabin
145 - Oak paddle - great for stirring or spanking

Obviously, I need to stop posting now before the silly me takes hold...rod

143 - Trio of Oak

3 spoons carved as a set. These are not left completely natural, but somewhat in between the elegant and rustic look. They turned out great and I am having a hard time parting with them.

Small and walnut

OK, I could not resist some more walnut. I am running out of the more unique wood, but can not seem to quit carving.

141 - Small walnut scoop
142 - Walnut coffee spoon sized for coffee grounds

Walnut is one of my favorite woods along with Lacewood and Ash. Others include Redheart and Tulipwood. My dislikes are Yellowheart and especially Purpleheart. These 2 woods are hard as marble and such evil on hand tools. I do not like to use electricity, so my work is slow and quite. Woods I would like to try are pear and apple - have some?

140 - Ash Ladle

Here is a beast or beauty spoon. It is somewhat larger then intended, but great none the less. It has a reverse bend which makes the ladle not a ladle, but it sure looks cool. This is some of the last Tornado Ash from the Hallam tornadoes. I have enough to make a couple of more spoons and then that is it.

Coffee spoons

Here are a few small spoons I have been working on. They are just the right size to scoop coffee grounds in the morning.

137 - Catalpa with Ladybug - hand carved and stained lady bug on the bowl
138 - Redheart smoothy - scrapped and oiled
139 - Redheart natural - tool marks left visible

Catalpa is native to the middle eastern US and is sometime referred to as a weed tree. That is undeserved as it makes a nice fast growing shade tree

Readheart is native to Central America and has some great tones of read and black that swirl. On the other hand it smells nasty when you cut it - yuck...

136 - Ash Ladle

Here is a beautiful ash ladle that took a very long time to shape into a spoon. I finished it with a Japanese braid in hemp. It was cut from the crotch of a fallen old ash downed on the Hallam tornadoes. It is one of my new favorites.

Busy August but still some spoons completed

134 - Lacewood Lollipop. This is a neat design I have tried with varying degrees of success. It is somewhat contempory, but handles well.

135 - Lacewood Tulip Salad set. This is another set in Lacewood. It is the last of my supply for a while