More Spoons

Here's an interesting comparison. These two spoons were carved from Hazel wood. One has a coating of linseed oil and the other is bare wood. The linseed oil gave the spoon an amber tone. The bare spoon was eventually coated with non-drying mineral oil, and that didn't change the color of the wood at all.

This spoon was carved from Japanese Maple. It is coated with mineral oil and doesn't look much different than the Hazel wood spoon coated with mineral oil.

Here are two blanks cut from Hazel wood. They will be my next two spoons. Unfortunately I cut these out and then let them dry for a week before carving them. The big spoon developed cracks because there was so much mass in one piece. I need to begin carving them right away before they dry out, or put them in plastic, or under water, or in the freezer in plastic if I can't begin carving right away.