A Wood without Surprises

This spring I brought another beech log from the forest (because the lumbejacks always throw away so much fine wood). It is almost perfectly straight, without knots, worm holes, black pieces and... completely without surprises. It's really a pleasant change :)
And here is the first spoon from it:

I tried to imitate this spoon, but it still seemed a bit bland to me, so in the end I gave it a little decoration.

Peach Couple

These are two spoons from peach wood, a commission for a married couple. The peach wood has variable colors and patterns, so each spoon is unique, even though they are carved from the same log.

Thanks to these spoons, I've also put my wood pile in order and I've split almost everything that could be split. So now I have a large stock of spoon blanks instead of logs :)