Last year I got to explore a fascinating part of Provence. My favorite spot was the ochre quarries in Luberon. I bought some ochre pigment there and I planned to use it for coloring spoons.
I spent a long time thinking about the design and I finally went with the Roman shields pattern from the triumphal arch in Orange.
And here’s the result - a spoon made from alder wood. Cedar would have been more thematically fitting, but unfortunately, I didn’t come across any random cedar logs lying around in France. I still have two more shades of pigment, so maybe I’ll make a few more spoons like this someday.
