Top selling products
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Spoon Carving Tool Kit66,00€ – 80,00€
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Morakniv Sloyd Knife – SHORT30,00€
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Morakniv right-hand hook knife.35,00€
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Natural Wood Wax7,00€
Start learning Spoon Carving
With only a couple of knifes and your own hands you can begin to shape a piece of wood.
How to carve a wooden spoon?
In this article, I explain the key steps to carving a wooden spoon using hand tools and green wood. If you want to learn more about each stage of the process, you’ll find links to specific articles in each section. There are different ways to carve a spoon from wood, but this blog focuses…
Get to know the tools you need to start carving
*Illustration byFederico Epis
and how to sharpen and care for your own tools:
Learn to understand the wood and it’s structure to carve it the right way.
Types of wood for Spoon Carving
Wood for Spoon Carving. Understanding the grain and deformation.
With the Grain: The Cutting Direction in Wood Carving
But don’t forget to be careful!
Design and carve your own wooden spoon
Design your own spoon
Before designing a spoon we must think about its function. What types of spoon are there? What are their differences? The shape of a spoon is mainly determined by its function. In this article we will see some basic concepts to design a spoon to carve. If we analyze the spoons found in our home, we will understand the reason for their shapes and sizes, let’s see some of…
The grain direction: Understanding the crank
The importance of understanding the grain direction In this article I talk about the importance of understanding the grain direction to design and carve a wooden spoon that is as strong as possible. A common feature in some types of spoons is the curvature or what is known as: The Crank. For example, eating spoons have a slight crank to help them dip into the plate and scoop up…
New posts
Sharpening: Six mistakes beginners make
Original article from Sylva Spoon. Lots of folks that enjoy carving don’t seem to enjoy sharpening…
Natural oil and wax finish for wooden spoons
Once we have carved our spoon and we want to use it, it is important to…
Ebonize: How to naturally stain wood
For Spoon Carving we can use different types of wood but they are generally light colored…
Storing green wood: How to prevent cracks
When we work with green wood we must always take into account the drying process because…
If you want to learn Spoon Carving you can sign up to our Online Course or find a class near you
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This website is a personal project by Andrea Cortés, Woodworker and Spoon Carver.
Through this website I want to promote Spoon Carving (specially in Spanish speaking countries) so that everyone can learn and start carving.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to write at info@talladecucharas.com