The only spoon I bought so far is from craft market in Kezmarok and it's made from cherry wood.
At first I thought it was dyed; wood can't have such color naturally, right? Only much later I learned that it can.
I ran out of my favorite plumwood supplies, so I searched a pile
of wood in our garden to find something usable. I found an old trunk and
when I cut it into logs, a nice pink wood showed up. No one could
remember where the trunk came from, but we'd cut an old cherry tree a
few years ago, so this was probably it.
I wanted to carve another spoon and I made a spoon blank with axe,
saw and chisel. But later I found an insect hole just where the bottom
of the spoon bowl should be. And it was not the only dirty trick that
this piece of wood prepared for me: there were hidden knots and a few
cracks as well. So I carved a cooking spoon instead to avoid them.
Cherry wood is softer than apple or plum wood. It made the carving
easier, so I carved the basic shape at one sitting. The inspiration
came from a few cooking spoons from
this article.
Interesting pattern and colors showed up after sealing, almost the same as on the spoon I bought before.
