I've been busy making a load of Caddy Spoons for somebody, in between making bedroom wardrobes from '
orrid mdf. I
originally spotted a nice one on
Niklas Karlsson's blog under 'Birch bark boxes' and thought I'd have a go at making some. I don't yet have a design I'm totally happy with, but they're quick and easy to make so the prototypes soon mount up! They are about 21/2 to 3" long and are intended to be left in the tea or coffee caddy. They soon pick up a lovely rich patina.
These spoons only need a tiny block of wood to work from, say 3" x 11/2" x 3/4" thick. I think the woods I used were Rhododendron, Sycamore, Elm, Blackthorn and Lilac- see if you can pick them out. While I'm on about caddy spoons, here's some examples of the
caddies I make:-
These are based on
Scandinavian shrink pots but I just use rotting timber I find on the forest floor and fix a base myself. I'll show my method of construction in a subsequent
blogpost, suffice to say it's not rocket science! The above
caddies are Elm which is really '
pippy' and has a beautiful
nobbly texture.
I
These spoons only need a tiny block of wood to work from, say 3" x 11/2" x 3/4" thick. I think the woods I used were Rhododendron, Sycamore, Elm, Blackthorn and Lilac- see if you can pick them out. While I'm on about caddy spoons, here's some examples of the caddies I make:-
These are based on Scandinavian shrink pots but I just use rotting timber I find on the forest floor and fix a base myself. I'll show my method of construction in a subsequent blogpost, suffice to say it's not rocket science! The above caddies are Elm which is really 'pippy' and has a beautiful nobbly texture.
John i like your caddies(shrink pots)very much, they are obviously easy to make and look really unusual.
ReplyDeleteHi, John,
ReplyDeleteHmmm.... got a birch burl in my cellar that wanted to be a wooden pint, but there was a crack in the part were I wanted the bottom to be... you got me thinking;-)...
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