Calamity Beech

We found some beech trees broken during a windstorm when we were walking in the woods. They were already sawn to pieces and prepared for transport (and the lumberjacks even created an improvised picnic table and two chairs using a chainsaw). I took one of the leftover pieces of branch for spoons.

The wood was green and full of sap. The carving was much, much easier than with dry beech. There were several interesting brown strips in the wood, but the spoon has only one brown line on the handle. Now I'm not quite sure if the line is a good decoration or not.

Chinese Willow

I've made this small spoon about a month ago. It is from Chinese willow (the corkscrew variant with twisted twigs and leaves).  The design is from the internet, but I don't remember the source.

The spoon is from a bent branch, so it is copying the bent shape exactly. I forgot to take pictures during carving, but I have a few more bent willow branches left, so maybe I'll write more about it next time.