Monkey Pod Window Spoon and a Black Walnut Spoon

I had watched a great documentary the other night called "Deviant Art" about the growing glass pipe blowing community.  Some extremely talented artists!! One artist in particular mentioned that to stay relevant, you had to push the envelope and constantly being thinking of new ideas.  I thought it was an excellent point and one I may try to apply to spoon carving.  

I drew some designs I liked on some blanks and got to it.  My first two designs broke because they had extreme curves in the handles so that told me they just were not practical.  Needless to say, I was frustrated.  Then I decided to carve a normal spoon but add a window to it.  So, I did just that!  I tried this out of Monkey Pod wood because it is easy to carve and very strong.  I am happy with the results!  This spoon is for sale at Thinking Spoons on Etsy

After I finished this spoon, I had about an hour and a half to kill before I needed to go pick up Lydia from work.  So I thought I would challenge myself to some speed carving.  I did it and I didn't cut myself!  This spoon is also for sale at Thinking Spoons on Etsy