How To Carve A Green Wood Spoon
Once a spoon is roughed out of green wood it may be easily dried without cracking as long as you have left no pith center in it.
How to carve a green wood spoon. Spoon carving is an art as old as stone tools. Its ok to carve items from dried wood but its generally easier to carve green wood. Part 4 in a 4 part series focusing o the full process of carving a wooden spoon from log to finished product.
One of my favorite green woodworking techniques is spoon carving and in this video I show you how to carve a spoon from tree to table and what tools you need to carve a spoon whether in your woodshop or sitting by a bonfire in the woods. Here we see green woodworking expert Justin Sanford demonstrate traditional spoon carving. Green wood just means that it still has moisture in it that it was freshly cut.
Spoon carving students often ask how and where to get wood suitable for carving spoons. It may be silly no it is silly but not using sandpaper can be a source of pride for woodworkers of all stripes spoon carvers included. Carve till you hit harder wood then put it back into the bucket to soak more the.
Use a spokeshave to round over the edges of the facets. However rarely is this piece useable because normally the bend is caused by a knot as in the above pics. If you feel comfortable using a carving axe saw your branch into around 250mm lengths.
You can finish your green wood spoon with basically any edible oil- I like to use organic flax or walnut oil rubbed on with a towel then a quick coat of beeswax to give it a little moisture protection. Shape the Outside of the Bowl Now turn the spoon around in the vise and work on the outside of the bowl. Start each cut at one side of the bowl and follow the edge of the stock up to the center.
Were mostly talking about using whats called green wood versus dry wood. Spoon carving will improve a lot of other woodworking skills so its important to learn how to carve a wooden spoon start to finish. The Green Wood Way - YouTube.