Pale Wood

In the spring I found a broken ash tree in the forest, one of the largest ash trees I've ever seen. The trunk was already rotten and it broke a young hornbeam tree when it fell. I cut off a few branches and made these spoons, two hornbeam spoons on the left and an ash spoon on the right side.

The ash spoon is decorated with chip carving that emphasizes the natural growth ring pattern:

This hornbeam spoon is from a bent branch. The bend is visible on the transverse strips in the spoon. The decoration is inspired by feathers:

The last hornbeam spoon is a pattern I've already tried before:

And now I just have to finish 8 spoons from darker woods.