forgeblast
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For the last year I have worked on carving spoons. I sold a lot on Etsy (see my signature) last December and used the money to buy a website and trademark my name. The plan for this business is to sell at craft fairs, and local fairs and to split the money that is made. ｽ will go to my daughter痴 college fund, and ｽ will go to my dream fund. The dream fund is to eventually build and operate a traditional craft school.
I have my first craft fair coming up. After purchasing a tent, weights, insurance, e-registering to take sales tax, registering my name, getting a smart phone to be able to swipe credit cards, and carving until my blister had blisters I think we are finally ready. The setting up of this business is more draining then the day to day work.
I love to carve spoons. I try to make spoons that still have the character of where they came from. I am finally more confident in my carving ability to leave the lines in the spoon. I find I am not spending a whole day just sanding. People have been more receptive to the more rustic spoons since it shows the process.
The spoons I carve are only from storm damaged wood. Hurricane Sandy, Snow storm Nemo, and we had a wind storm from what was left from the Oklahoma Tornados are some of the sources that have provided me with storm damaged wood.
I only use hand tools to carve the spoons. I use a froe to split the wood, a Gransfors Bruks carving ax to shape and a short sloyd knife and a hook knife (both made by Pinewood Forge) to create each spoon. Then I give it a quick 400 grit sand and seal with mineral oil (3 times) and finally add a coating of spoon butter (pure beeswax and mineral oil mixed to a paste).
These are my cooking spoons. I have larger serving spoons, but these are about 10-11 inches in length.
These are sugar maple spoons that have kolrosing done to them. Kolrosing means painting with coal. The designs are from psyanky (Ukrainian dyed Easter eggs) that I made with my Grandmother. I use a special knife (Pinewood Forge) and then put Anthracite coal dust in the designs. (My grandfather started at age 6 working in the mines picking shale from the coal called a breaker boy).
Butter knives
These are a few of my bark containers. I scrape the bark clean, weave, and add a top and base. (Great with a led tea light inside)
If you would like to check out my website its stormspoons.com and I am on Facebook at Storm Spoons. If you have any questions please let me know. I am more then glad explaining what I do.
I have my first craft fair coming up. After purchasing a tent, weights, insurance, e-registering to take sales tax, registering my name, getting a smart phone to be able to swipe credit cards, and carving until my blister had blisters I think we are finally ready. The setting up of this business is more draining then the day to day work.
I love to carve spoons. I try to make spoons that still have the character of where they came from. I am finally more confident in my carving ability to leave the lines in the spoon. I find I am not spending a whole day just sanding. People have been more receptive to the more rustic spoons since it shows the process.
The spoons I carve are only from storm damaged wood. Hurricane Sandy, Snow storm Nemo, and we had a wind storm from what was left from the Oklahoma Tornados are some of the sources that have provided me with storm damaged wood.
I only use hand tools to carve the spoons. I use a froe to split the wood, a Gransfors Bruks carving ax to shape and a short sloyd knife and a hook knife (both made by Pinewood Forge) to create each spoon. Then I give it a quick 400 grit sand and seal with mineral oil (3 times) and finally add a coating of spoon butter (pure beeswax and mineral oil mixed to a paste).
These are my cooking spoons. I have larger serving spoons, but these are about 10-11 inches in length.
These are sugar maple spoons that have kolrosing done to them. Kolrosing means painting with coal. The designs are from psyanky (Ukrainian dyed Easter eggs) that I made with my Grandmother. I use a special knife (Pinewood Forge) and then put Anthracite coal dust in the designs. (My grandfather started at age 6 working in the mines picking shale from the coal called a breaker boy).
Butter knives
These are a few of my bark containers. I scrape the bark clean, weave, and add a top and base. (Great with a led tea light inside)
If you would like to check out my website its stormspoons.com and I am on Facebook at Storm Spoons. If you have any questions please let me know. I am more then glad explaining what I do.
