Maple Spoon

I have a new wood in my collection: maple. This spoon is from a bent branch, so it has wavy patterns (but you must zoom in to see it). Maple wood is hard but not as hard as most fruitwoods.

Maple Shrink Cup

At last I've finished a shepherd's shrink cup that has been lying around forever. This one has a standard size and materials. The cup is from maple and the handle from pear wood.

I also made a tool for fixing the branches while drilling with an auger. It is something like a wooden jaw vice, one hollowed block is fixed to the bottom board with screws and the other is held with clamps.