How to carve a spoon

Here’s the scoop — this is fun and easy!

A few weeks ago I completed my New Year’s Resolution for 2015 – to make a spoon for each week of the year. This was by far the best new year’s resolution I had ever done. I can…

In this hand carved wooden coffee scoop tutorial, I show you how to make a coffee scoop out of walnut. In recent months, I’ve fallen in love with carving and making wooden spoons and scoops. In this tutorial, I’ve set aside all power tools except for the jigsaw. Carving forces you and your hands to...

A simple woodworking project you can complete in a few hours, and will be useful for a lifetime.

Okay…who’s bringing the ice cream?

For beginners, this can be a little overwhelming. You can narrow down your selection with the following sweeping statements. Don’t use softwoods (e.g. pines and spruces), don’t use ring porous species (e.g. oaks and ashes). Of course, you can carve a spoon from any wood but diffuse-porous wood tends

Deborah Schneebeli Morrell teaches you step by step how to carve a wooden spoon

here is a list of wood types that I have carved and consider as best woods for spoon carving. Read more to see each wood review

When I started out out, I carved a lot of bad spoons. It took a long time to figure out certain tips and tricks to making spoons that work well. This is tip is one I really wish I’d been told about earlier.

Learn how to make your own wooden drinking cup. A step by step guide to carve your own kuksa from birch burl wood or other materials.