A repost... 'Gape' ~ Mountain Rhododendron (I think). 'Gall' ~ Bottlebrush Tree. 'Macadamia Swirl' ~ Macadamia Nut Tree. 'Four Flags Over' ~ Ebony. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #wood

I don't know what has 'Charlie Brown' trending... but I'm shamelessly hitching a ride. "Liberating the spoon from a mere hand-to-mouth existence." ~ Charlie Brown #charliebrown #blockhead

A repost... 'Full Moon' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Macassar Ebony and Bloodwood with silver dot inlay. These two guys seem to be at odds with each other. This spoon was carved a few years back during a 'blood moon'. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #carving #woodenspoon #sculpture

A repost... 'Gilded Cage' ~ Wooden spoon carved in a single block of Sapele wood. I finished this spoon twice. After I 'finished' the first time the 'Gilded Cage' title occurred to me... so it was covered in gold leaf. I liked it best the other way.

A repost... 'Heart to Handle' ~ Carved in some two-toned evergreen burl wood. 'Henry Moore-ish' ~ Starfruit wood (Carambola). A female form spoon carved in decaying Serviceberry wood. 'Half and Half' ~ Carved in Cedar with sapwood. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking

A repost... 'Girl with the Long Brown Hare' ~ Wooden spoon carved in an unknown wood... Sapele hare and ebonized Walnut base. The hare is elevated with an acrylic rod. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #rabbit #hare #woodart

A repost... 'Groovy' ~ Wooden scoop carved in figured Walnut wood. This piece had a bifurcated bottom... sort of like a seed pod. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #wood #sculpture #scoop

A repost... 'Hand Outs' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Mahogany and Ebony with 'up'cycled doll parts (Sorry Barbie). In no way was I attempting to make a statement with this piece... I just liked the idea of it. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical

A repost... Sunday Sundries 'Home and Heart' ~ Carved in Maple. 'Honduran Rosewood' 'Horistes Burl' 'Horistes Burl Offcut' #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #sculpture

A repost... 'Hard to Handle' ~ Wooden spoon carved from a brush pile branch. The title is actually a double entendre... as in 'hard to hold' and... the original idea was to cover the handle with a mosaic of broken eggshells... which had to be removed before applying the dried rose thorns.

A repost... 'Hole Hearted' ~ Wooden spoon carved in York Gum burl with Ebony veneer insert. After releasing the shape on the band saw I turned it on edge and sawed a kerf down the center... which made room for a contrasting veneer to be added. #woodworking #spoon #craft #art #carving #wood

A repost... 'Hoot Scoop' ~ Carved in figured Walnut wood. Tried it with a bleached face but ended up reverting to the original. 'Owl' and 'Night Owl' pendants. Sapele and Holly... Lacewood and Ebony. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #owl

A repost... 'Horse Play' ~ Carved in Australian Banksia wood. 'Huon Horse' ~ Abstract horse scoop carved in Huon Pine. 'Horse' ~ Carved in Maple wood. Not a 'horse'... but carved in Horse Chestnut. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #whimsical #woodenspoon #sculpture

A repost... 'Humpty' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Basswood with broken eggshells and pigment. Base was Bald Cypress... (maybe). Same joke as last time.. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Followed by a brutal winter #spoon #humpty #spoontaneous #woodworking #sculpture

A repost... 'Knight Templar' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood. This began as just a spoon with a face on it but when I realized I am terrible at carving faces I started poking holes everywhere. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #wood

A repost... 'Ironwood Scoop' 'Jack Rabbit' ~ Carved in Sapele wood. 'Jasper USB' ~ Wooden spoon with hidden USB. 'Insperable' ~ Carved in Ebony. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #woodwork #wood

A repost... 'Kauri and Koa' ~ With end grain Wenge wood center. 'Juniper Root' 'Jelly Fish' ~ Black Locust burl. 'Jackfruit Female Form' #spoon #spoontaneous #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #art #craft #design #wood

A repost... Three spoons carved in Lacewood... and a spoon carved with a 'knuckle' from a branch found in a brush pile. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #carving #woodenspoon #knuckle #wood

A repost... 'Ladder Ladle' ~ This was my favorite of the ladder spoons... and maybe one of my favorite pieces overall. This spoon came from a 'live edge' 5' hockey stick slab of Serviceberry wood that had beautiful grain. The top bark edge is riddled with worm holes (live occupants at the time).

A repost... 'Ladder to the Top' ~ Another ladder spoon... this one carved in Serviceberry wood with a Mahogany base and a top of laminated Bloodwood, Ebony and Holly. The idea was that when you climb the ladder... after a certain balance point you are headed down. #spoon #ladder #top #woodwork

A repost... 'LadderBack' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood. There were 4 or 5 'ladder' themed pieces carved. This wasn't my favorite one but it was probably the most ambitious of the bunch. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #wood

A repost... Two for Tuesday... 'Laminated' ~ Carved in Poplar wood with some sort of laminated block of colored wood veneer. 'Leaf Form' ~ Carved in Serviceberry wood... one of my favorite carving woods. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #woodart #carving

A repost... 'Leftovers' ~ A very simple spoon carved from leftover pieces of Walnut and Maple burl. I used a French curve template to draw the lines on both the bowl and handle. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #sculpture #leftovers

A repost.. 'Leopard Lizard' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Australian Brown Mallee burl (if I remember). 'Leopard Handle' spoon in Surinam Cherry wood. The idea was good but the dye bled into the side grain. I might try it again with milk paint for a 'cleaner' look. #spoon #carving #wood #woodenspoon

A repost... All four of these wooden spoons were carved in Lignum Vitae (Latin for 'wood of life'). Known for its medical properties.. and also rated as one of the world's hardest woods (used as ship propeller bearings since the 1800's). #spoon #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #wood #craft #art

A repost... 'Light Hearted' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Oysterwood gifted me by the spoon legend Norm Sartorius. A small hole trapped between the heartwood and sapwood influenced the design. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #wood #woodart

A repost... All three of these spoons were carved in Lilac wood. Lilac is a very fine grained wood that holds even the finest detail. The branches have a tendency to split very badly as they dry... but the solid wood between the cracks are well worth working with. #spoon #woodworking #woodworking

A repost... 'Looking Back' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Huon Pine. Right now I can't recall the wood type on the second spoon... but the interior lamination was knife handle material that a shop neighbor gave me. I re-cut that and glued it up diagonally. #spoon #woodworking #carving #wood #face

A repost... 'Lizard of Oz' ~ Carved in an offcut of Horistes Burl from Australia. The tail hangs lower than the feet so a base of spalted Chinese Poplar was used. #wood #woodenspoon #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #lizard #whimsical #object #critter

A repost... Some long spoons... 'Long Billed Spooner' ~ Maple, Lacewood and Ebony. 'Long Dipper' ~ Lignum Vitae 'Long Female Form' ~ Rosewood (I think). 'Long Surinam Cherry' ~ Surinam Cherry really isn't a cherry. It has red, cherry sized fruit but they are shaped like pumpkins.

A repost... 'Loopy' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood with Holly overlay. Loopy not only describes the spoon.. but also the maker after he realized he could have much more easily carved the Holly BEFORE laminating. #spoon #spoontaneous #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #woodart

A repost.. A few more pieces carved in Macadamia Nut wood. The first is a scoop with sapwood handle and three spoons. The Macadamia wood I got was from Hawaii. Deep red color when you first cut into the log. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #carving #woodenspoon #sculpture #wood

A repost... 'Macadamia Female Form' ~ While sanding this Macadamia spoon a shop neighbor came over complaining that he had messed up on his project. I went to check it out.. and after teasing him real good... I came back to my project and immediately managed to break it in half. Karma sucks.

A repost... Magic Cooking Wands ~ A request was made by someone participating in a LARP for a 'magic wand' that was holsterable and could double as a spoon (to stir chocolate). The second spoon (first effort) is charred Oak found on the road. The first spoon is Jackfruit wood with ebony claw.

A repost... 'Maple Chef Spoon with Eggshell' ~ Crushed eggshell in a resin base. 2nd spoon is same design as above but with plain handle. 'Bolt' ~ Carved in Ambrosia Maple. The coloring of the wood is caused by a fungus which the Ambrosia beetle carries with it when penetrating the woodl

A repost... Some spoons carved from Maple wood. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #kitchen

A repost... 'Mondrian Orange' ~ Carved in Sappan wood with colored veneers. Slight play on words inspired this one. 'Mixed Emotions' ~ Carved in Macassar Ebony with silver tubing. One side happy, one side not. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #wood

A repost... 'Moof' ~ What a bucktoothed cow says. A friend in high school doodled a bucktoothed cow with the word 'moof' next to it. Carved in Mahogany with bone horns and found piano key teeth... with acrylic paint. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #cow #woodenspoon #carving

A repost... A few rustic spoons. The first three came from a brush pile at Craggy Gardens summit in NC (probably Rhododendron). The last one I picked up by the roadside in Key West... some sort of Mangrove, I believe. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving

A repost... 'MarshWiggle' ~ Wooden spoon carved in black line spalted Beech wood. Spalting is usually caused by fungi 'invading' the wood as it begins to deteriorate. Black line spalt can be quite graphic. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture

Repost... My wife has a bad habit of leaving my wooden spoons on top of the hot stove. I make these things as good as I can... but they aren't fireproof. Sapele and Horse Chestnut. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #whimsical #object

Repost... ('M' for Monday) 'Ms Mac' ~ Macadamia wood. 'Mopani' ~ Mopani wood (from Pet Store). 'Monument Valley' ~ Australian Hairy Oak Miscellaneous 9" teaspoons. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #sculpture #object 🥄

Repost... 'Neopolitan' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Ebony, Holly and Pink Ivory wood.. with inlaid BBs (the kind shot from an air rifle). It reminded me of the ice cream that has 3 flavors. The last image shows the awkward glue-up. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon

Repost... 'Nodules' ~ Carved in spalted Red Palm wood. 'No Face' ~ (Maybe) Basswood with pigments. 'Necktie' ~ Cherry wood. 'Nematode' ~ Carved in Elm wood burl. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #sculpture #woodart #wood #object 🥄

Repost... 'Nested Scoops' ~ Mahogany, Holly and Pink Ivory wood. I saw an image of a small sculpture that I thought looked like a scoop and I ended up carving three scoops that nested well together. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #scoop #woodart #whimsical #sculpture 🥄

Repost... 'Night Watchman' ~ Carved in two toned Maple wood with aniline dye for the bowl interior. This was one of 3 or 4 'moon spoons' carved. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #woodart #moon 🥄

Repost... 'Norman's Spoon' ~ Macassar Ebony, Bloodwood and Koa. 'Tib's Spoon' ~ Maple, Ebony and Amboyna. Norman Stevens book 'A Gathering of Spoons' documented a collection representing 100's of carvers around the world. Photographed by Tib Shaw. Both spoons' USBs contain the collection.

Repost... 'Oblique' ~ Wooden spoon carved in figured Walnut wood. It was supposed to be a scoop but I neglected to cut off the front of the bowl. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #oblique 🥄

Repost... 'Olive Branch' ~ Wooden spoon carved in hurricane felled Black Olive wood. This spoon looks fragile but was actually quite strong. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #olivebranch 🥄

Repost... 'Ogre's Spoon' ~ Wooden spoon carved from root of upturned tree found in the woods near Franklin, TN. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #shrek #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #wood #object #woodart 🥄