How To Carve A Spoon With Just A Knife
Generally a right handed person uses a right handed hook or sweep.
How to carve a spoon with just a knife. I used a section of Poplar that was like a triangular wedge split from a piece of firewood. I provide training and workshops for people to learn how to use just an axe a wood carving knife and a spoon knife to make spoons and other treen. A few folk however prefer to push the tool away using the opposite hands thumb this would mean a right handed person would use a left handed hook.
Use a drawknife or handsaw to shape three large chamfers two on each side and one on the end. I carved this spoon using only the Mora in the photo. Identify the four types of wood carving.
Workshops from two hours to two days can be tailored to your requirements. There are four main types of wood carving. Whittling relief carving carving in the round and chip carving.
Once the bowl is shaped I can come in with a hook knife and clean out all of the facets left from the carving gouge. Is it possible to carve a usable spoon in 10 Minutes with a Victorinox Swiss Army KnifeIn this video i show you a special technique how to carve the concav. Please call to find out more.
On my spoon it is about 12 inch deep at the bottom of the bowl. The hook knife can cut or it can scrape out the bow and bring it almost to its finished smoothness. To get into spoon carving you dont need more than a regular carving knife and a hook knife to make a beautiful work of art.
The tool is gripped in the fingers and pulled squeezed closed. Choose the style you prefer and learn about it in greater detail. Now turn the spoon around in the vise and work on the outside of the bowl.