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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 18h

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'MarshWiggle' ~ Wooden spoon carved in black line spalted Beech wood. Spalting is usually caused by fungi 'invading' the wood as it begins to deteriorate. Black line spalt can be quite graphic.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 1d

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My wife has a bad habit of leaving my wooden spoons on top of the hot stove. I make these things as good as I can... but they aren't fireproof.

Sapele and Horse Chestnut.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #whimsical #object

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 2d

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('M' for Monday)

'Ms Mac' ~ Macadamia wood.

'Mopani' ~ Mopani wood (from Pet Store).

'Monument Valley' ~ Australian Hairy Oak

Miscellaneous 9" teaspoons.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #sculpture #object 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 3d

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'Neopolitan' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Ebony, Holly and Pink Ivory wood.. with inlaid BBs (the kind shot from an air rifle). It reminded me of the ice cream that has 3 flavors. The last image shows the awkward glue-up.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 4d

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'Nodules' ~ Carved in spalted Red Palm wood.

'No Face' ~ (Maybe) Basswood with pigments.

'Necktie' ~ Cherry wood.

'Nematode' ~ Carved in Elm wood burl.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #sculpture #woodart #wood #object 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 5d

The moderators for Bluesky flagged this post as 'Sexually Suggestive'... and I am not sure what they are turned on by... seems a bit atypical route to arousal... but hey, whatever floats their boat. [tic]

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 5d

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'Nested Scoops' ~ Mahogany, Holly and Pink Ivory wood.

I saw an image of a small sculpture that I thought looked like a scoop and I ended up carving three scoops that nested well together.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #scoop #woodart #whimsical #sculpture 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 6d

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'Night Watchman' ~ Carved in two toned Maple wood with aniline dye for the bowl interior. This was one of 3 or 4 'moon spoons' carved.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #woodart #moon 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 7d

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'Norman's Spoon' ~ Macassar Ebony, Bloodwood and Koa.

'Tib's Spoon' ~ Maple, Ebony and Amboyna.

Norman Stevens book 'A Gathering of Spoons' documented a collection representing 100's of carvers around the world. Photographed by Tib Shaw. Both spoons' USBs contain the collection.

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 8d

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'Oblique' ~ Wooden spoon carved in figured Walnut wood. It was supposed to be a scoop but I neglected to cut off the front of the bowl.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #oblique 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 9d

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'Olive Branch' ~ Wooden spoon carved in hurricane felled Black Olive wood.

This spoon looks fragile but was actually quite strong.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #olivebranch 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you much !!

Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 11d

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'Ogre's Spoon' ~ Wooden spoon carved from root of upturned tree found in the woods near Franklin, TN.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #shrek #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #wood #object #woodart 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 12d

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'OffSpring' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Camphor Laurel with stainless steel springs.

The wood was gifted me by the talented Aussie spoon carver, Jeff Fraser.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #offspring #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #wood #object 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks much! On this piece... and most of other segmented pieces... I drill each piece and epoxy in a clipped ribbed nail as a sort of steel dowel rod.

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 13d

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'Olivewood, Ebony and Bloodwood Tripartite' ~ A favorite collector was the one that deemed these laminated pieces as a 'Tripartite' series.

For me.. it was a good way to use up small pieces of wood left over from other projects.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #carving 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 14d

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'Once in a Blue Spoon' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Maple burl... with aniline dye and gold paint. The end of the handle shows the natural contours of the wood where the bark was removed.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #wood #blue #woodart 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 15d

Maybe the 'diet pain' instead of the diet plan.

Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 15d

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'Orc' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Silk Floss tree. With a built in weight loss program.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #wood #thorns #wood #woodart #whimsical

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks much !!

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 16d

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'Ophidia' ~ Wooden spoon carved in (maybe dyed) Lacewood, display stand I think was ebonized Walnut wood.

This was by far the largest of the Snake Spoon series.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #woodenspoon #carving #snake #wood #sculpture 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 17d

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'Sundry Sunday'

'Out on a Limb' ~ Cedar burl.

'Paisley' ~ Basswood and pigments.

'Pink Dogwood' ~ Dogwood and food coloring.

'Pignut Hickory' ~ Possibly the hardest wood I ever carved.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #carving #woodenspoon #sculpture #wood 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 18d

Maybe. My 'Seester' has been trying to get me to carver her a dolphin spoon for years... and so it might have been witchery.

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 18d

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'Oscillate' ~ Can't remember just now the wood type this spoon was carved from... but it took a nice finish. The spoon, like many others of mine, is useless in the kitchen.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #woodenspoon #carving #woodart #sculpture #whimsical 🥄

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Spoontaneous @spoontaneous.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks! I can see it that way too... now that you mentioned it.

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