There is a black locust forest nearby. Black locusts are jerks, they release some toxins into soil to hamper other plants. Only elderberry bushes are resistant and they grow there in abundance. That's where I got the material for this little spoon. Though I also found a 6-meter tall elder tree with a thick trunk, I didn't want to destroy it. I rather cut a branch off a normal-size bush.
Elderberry wood has about 1cm wide sponge-like pith. That's why it is traditionally used for carving whistles (the soft pith makes drilling much easier). The wood has some dark streaks near the pith but otherwise it is not very interesting.
I also finished these two new spoons from wild cherry.
