yarrow
19-02-2007, 17:34
So far we have only worked the sides of the spoon, now we are going to shape the bowl and handle. At this stage the spoon is still really bulky; remove wood from the spoon slowly stopping to look at the over all design often.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0731.jpg
Try to keep the spoon even, if you take wood off one side mirror that on the other. On this spoon I am making a ridge on the back and a hole in the handle so I mark it up with a pencil.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0742.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0766.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0767.jpg
I find a small chisel is really handy for making holes like this. I will show the various grips whilst carving out the bowl of the spoon. I work both sides of the wood to stop splinters splitting off. Once you are all the way through it is easy to get the tip of the blade in to work the hole bigger. Removing successive layers reveals the great contrasting grain.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0778.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0779.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0783.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0784.jpg
I have worked down the handle and shaped the bowl, all the while using the grain as a guide. Now is a good time to give it a rub down with some coarse sand paper. Sanding at this stage lets you see the underlying grain in more detail. I may well give it a couple of rubs like this then go back to a blade to change things I’m not happy with. Apart from the bowl its practically finished.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0785.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0731.jpg
Try to keep the spoon even, if you take wood off one side mirror that on the other. On this spoon I am making a ridge on the back and a hole in the handle so I mark it up with a pencil.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0742.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0766.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0767.jpg
I find a small chisel is really handy for making holes like this. I will show the various grips whilst carving out the bowl of the spoon. I work both sides of the wood to stop splinters splitting off. Once you are all the way through it is easy to get the tip of the blade in to work the hole bigger. Removing successive layers reveals the great contrasting grain.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0778.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0779.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0783.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0784.jpg
I have worked down the handle and shaped the bowl, all the while using the grain as a guide. Now is a good time to give it a rub down with some coarse sand paper. Sanding at this stage lets you see the underlying grain in more detail. I may well give it a couple of rubs like this then go back to a blade to change things I’m not happy with. Apart from the bowl its practically finished.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/MissyMycelium/spoon%20making/IMG_0785.jpg