25 June 2015

Other Things from Plum Wood

I have a stock of fresh plum wood on my balcony. I carved a cooking spoon from the longest log. The wood was a bit knotty, but I managed to make quite a straight handle.

The log was a little longer than I needed. The cut-off was nice, so I made this tiny spoon from it:


This picture shows how plum wood changes its color to brown. The spoon on the left was made about a month ago, the mini spoon a few days ago and the cooking spoon was finished today.


13 June 2015

New Plum Wood

I received a few pieces of plum wood. It was still green and easy to carve. At first it had some orange and pink color, but later it changed to brown. I carved this spoon to try it: