How To Hand Carve A Wooden Spoon
First sketch out the sides with a pencil to define the outer edges of the spoon.
How to hand carve a wooden spoon. With the spoon gouge begin to carve away in the center of the spoon. Types of wood for Spoon Carving. I suggest not carving too deep right away a spoon doesnt need to be very deep if you plan on just using it as a stirring spoon.
Butcher block olive peanut or vegetable oil. Begin by carving the bowl with a gouge. Wooden spoons should be.
The hardness of the wood dictates how much you can take off at a time. Steps to carving wooden spoons Spoons can be made out of any wood you like but they are most commonly made from oak cherry apple or maple.
Sand your spoon to 220-grit then apply a nontoxic oil finish eg. Then I wipe it off and repeat the process with the drying light sanding and the rubbingpolishing. Step 1 Wood Roughout.
Push the gouge forward into the wood making cuts towards the center of the bowl. Use a power carver with a rounded gouge to carve out the bowl of the spoon. Some spoon carvers do the bowl last but I find it easier to hold the stock in the vise when its still a rectangle.
Justin shares his obvious skill and enthusiasm for this work as he. I made a wooden spoon out of some scrap ash wood I cut out a blank and carved it with knife gouge and spokeshave I applied milk paint and waterbased lacqu. Then sand down those edges.
