Make a Spoon Blank-Part 1

Luke describes how to axe out a Spoon Blank from a round piece of fresh greenwood. See how to split a limb into usable pieces, rough out the profile, design for strength and make safe effective cuts.
Luke Voytas is the Wood Studio Manager at the GoogleWorks Center for Arts in Reading, PA. Learn more at goggleworks.org/
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[@toddanderson3568]

You are a really good teacher. You are taking a lot of the mystery out of how to work with the grain of the wood. Thanks!

[@krokodyl8088]

Such a nice explanation!

[@RexMcTavish]

I really enjoyed your video and the patient explanation of your process. You really helped to clarify how to keep the grain long in the bowl, but that it's ok to have shorter (diagonal) grain in the handle. Thanks for making this!

[@GoggleWorks]

Thanks Rex! Glad you liked it and that it provided some clarification! I'm kicking myself a bit for not using a less twisty bit of wood more typical of what I like for a spoon, but it seems the message still comes through! Happy carving!

[@aceman1126]

I've watched quite a few spoon videos and this is BY FAR the most detailed and informative series of videos on the subject I've found. Thank you for making these!
It really helps to have the overall theory explained. I just started and have made 2 spoons out of oak and it's been a bear hahahahaha probably should have watched this first but they eventually came out looking decent.

[@OsborneExploration]

👍👍

[@bobrenda1618]

That’s a BEEFY axe. Plumb?