The wood and knife is one with your hands, the spoon hiding inside the blank is slowly but surely revealing itself to you. The material is almost taking the decisions for you, wood chip
Georg is a master Goldsmith and works in a big jewellery store in Münster, Germany. His specialty is Mokume-gane, a Japanese technique that is translated “wood grain in metal”. In the past years he
Burning the surface of the wood is said to be effective at preventing rot and worm holes due to the oxidation process. In addition, the coloring makes the dirt from your hands less noticeable,
Update 27 December 2022 The Giveaway is concluded, the 5 lucky winners are: 1st winner: @johns_slojd2nd winner: @spoonthing3rd winner: @noreenaoleary4th winner: @sam_demasure 5th winner: @ebbeboslojd Congrats to all winners and thank you all for joining!
GIVEAWAY PRELAUNCH Despite 2022 being a challening year for many around the world, we have received amazing encouragement and support from the carving community. To say thank you and celebrate the launch of the
This year we are happy to offer a daily discount on 24 awesome items during 1-24 December. Back in the day, people used to mark the December days leading up to Christmas by drawing
A while ago The Spoon Crank was invited to a Milk Paint workshop in Belgium. We decided to make the most of it and go all together as a family, meaning Dio, our 3-year
Nils Ögren and I connect via Zoom. He’s an axe maker so I half expect, a bit naively, to catch him in the forge, but he’s currently indoors in what appears to be a
Graeme Hamilton is working in Technical Studies and Counselling at Oak Bay Secondary School in Victoria, Canada. His master’s thesis from the Simon Fraser University is called A phenomenological study of the therapeutic benefits
Molly Sjöstam is a Swedish carver who lives in the small village of Gräsmyr outside Umeå. We meet via Zoom and Molly is sitting in the kitchen of her small cottage. Behind her are
“I believe we are an animal that makes things. A lot of people these days are divorced mentally from their existence as an animal that makes things. I’m not saying that it will solve
The fingers method 1) Pour a little bit of oil into your hand and rub the oil into the spoon with your fingers. 2) Wipe off any excess oil with a piece of tissue.
Zed is known for his great interviews under the nickname Zed Outdoors. So here’s an interview with the guy who normally interviews people. And he is actually not outdoors as we speak but at
Jason Lonon from North Carolina, woodworker, ironworker and tool maker, is in his barnlike woodshop when he answers my video call. He happily shows me around; the saw, the bench, the lathe and a
Hi Julia, how are you?Great thanks! I just got back to Stockholm from holidays in the south of Sweden. How’s Stockholm these days?It’s been pretty quiet the past few months. Right now, it’s like
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