Some people have the ability to look at a piece of wood and imaging what can be made from it. I'm not usually one of those people. But a few months ago I saved a chair from going in a landfill - I mainly wanted the wooden seat for a project - and saw something else useful.
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| Three of the spindles from the chair's back |
Not certain if "spindles" is the correct term for these, but they had a nice curvature to them and I thought spoons could be made from them. So I gave it a try.
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| Shows where the spoon blank came from |
I used an existing wooden kitchen spoon to mark out the shape and started cutting, gouging, scraping and sanding.
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| The spoon with another "blank" below it |
I worked on the bowl for a long time until I was happy with the thinness. I've only made one spoon before and its bowl was far too bulky.
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| Thar' she blows! |
I slopped a couple coats of mineral oil on it for a finish. We've already used it several times in the kitchen and it feels good in the hand. Take that, landfill!
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