Indian micro artist Shashikant Prajapati broke the world record held by Navratan Prajapati Murtikar. Masterful Miniature: Shashikant Prajapati’s Tiny Triumphs Shashikant Prajapati, an Indian artisan, broke the world record by crafting what can only

There are several reasons why we like to use wooden kitchen utensils, despite the availability of other materials such as plastic, metal, and silicone. Natural Material Wooden spoons and utensils are made from a

Have you heard of Snittefest?   Inspired by the first Täljfest at Sätergläntan, Snittefest was started in 2015 in the woods outside Roskilde in Denmark. Since then, this 2½ day wood carving festival has run

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

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

A long, slightly rambing musing on the rights and wrongs of harvesting materials from the natural world…. Finding, gathering, processing and finally making your own things from natural materials is a wonderful experience. It’s

Top tips to help you on your spoon carving journey. A blog? Well, sort of. I thought I’d start by doing a little Q&A on the most commonly asked questions about spoon carving. I

GIVEAWAY TIME! For our 2-year anniversary giveaway we have teamed up with 25 talented and most generous maker-members of The Spoon Crank. There will be 5 winners in total! 1ST WINNER GETS– Sloyd Knife

Thank you all for helping us to grow our small business and nurture this amazing community we are part of! Let’s remember together few of the key moments of this remarkable journey. My carving journey started

An introduction on how get logs ready for spoon carving. “My spoon was beautiful, then it dried and split!” – I hear this lament often enough with beginner spoon carvers, and there is nothing

Green woodworking is a method and philosophy of woodworking starting with green wood, and usually using only hand tools /edge tools. Historically, most woodworking was carried out this way until the advent of industrial

A short clip from Instagram with some tips and techniques on axing out spoon blanks.Feel free to drop a comment or your questions. Enjoy! https://thespooncrank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Log-to-spoon_blank.mov