reason i am posting here is i trained as an architect, was a member quite a while ago and just wanted to get some feedback from arch/design related proffesional people. (normal people seem to like them) but who knows.
How awesome to have every single thing you touch in your home/workspace be handmade or custom. Those tiny moments of a daily routine - like scooping coffee - can be so much more satisfying with a well-designed tool.
They are beautiful! But... what is a "caddy spoon"? How is this used? Would love to see some shots of them in use -- or some shots of a hand holding them, would help with scale. Very pretty objects though -- something about the tear-drop shape has always fascinated me and these are very elegant looking.
the sycamore is very pale, all the photographs we re taken with a white watercolour paper background. the softest and palest ones probably have some desaturation aswell though. I would describe the colour as a very pale gold, that does glow white in sunlight.
I have taken some shots of them in action. (adnd will add them to flcikr once i sort rhough my backlog) but They are (designed?) to be used to scoop or spoon tea leaves or coffee grounds from a tin (or caddy) to the kettle or coffee pot.
they were "whittled/carved" using traditional spoon/bowl making knives. (one straight bladed and one with a curved blade [for the bowl]) a "crook knife". and then sanded by hand.
they are about 85mm (long) x 50mm (wide) x 20 (deep) with an average wood thickness of about 5mm.
Made as a pair (one for tea one for coffee) from a scrap of wood that might have ended up cooking pizza on the wood burning stove, and i carved them with the "tear" (or water) depending on your emotions droplet idea in mind. and maybe one pencil outline to start off. but the rest was purely by hand.
another link to a "sugar spoon" (used in a sugar bowl for putting 1 spoon or two in your tea or coffee.
Thinking about using them as a positive mould for some short run castings (metal) or other moulded material (not keen on plastics) but also interested in developing them as a less one off application.
Nice. This reminded me of the time I visited the Wharton Esherick Museum (which was his house). I don't even know if he had made the kitchen utensils that I saw, but they left a strong impression on me. There is something about utensils that are handmade from wood - has a kind of refined rustic thing going on that I really like.
I used to get the wooden spoon on the ass as a kid when I [deserved it], so my mom may have opted for an even more painful alternate behandled utensil....so naturally I'm not sure how I feel about a wooden spoon without handles. The workmanship is beautiful, however - thanks for sharing.
Oh, I see, interesting! I can see them absorbing some of the colors / scents of their dedicated foodstuff over time -- would be interesting. Very cool. As you use some, you should continue to post pictures over time.
Ooh-- I LOVE the sugar spoon! Although, as someone who struggles with arthritis, I would not be able to use it. You should put up a side view -- the handle looks quite elegant but isn't properly shown via top view only.
Wooden Spoons
I just thought i would share some of my latest, (design efforts)
please feel free to comment either here, in this thread
on flickr (for photos)
and youtube (for video)
"A little film about whittling"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl5WcGlCqCo
A pair of caddy spoons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48181132@N00/sets/72157618530272467/
i hope you like them.
reason i am posting here is i trained as an architect, was a member quite a while ago and just wanted to get some feedback from arch/design related proffesional people. (normal people seem to like them) but who knows.
Lovely.
Is the sycamore really that white-colored?
How awesome to have every single thing you touch in your home/workspace be handmade or custom. Those tiny moments of a daily routine - like scooping coffee - can be so much more satisfying with a well-designed tool.
They are beautiful! But... what is a "caddy spoon"? How is this used? Would love to see some shots of them in use -- or some shots of a hand holding them, would help with scale. Very pretty objects though -- something about the tear-drop shape has always fascinated me and these are very elegant looking.
hi there,
i am glad some people like them.
the sycamore is very pale, all the photographs we re taken with a white watercolour paper background. the softest and palest ones probably have some desaturation aswell though. I would describe the colour as a very pale gold, that does glow white in sunlight.
I have taken some shots of them in action. (adnd will add them to flcikr once i sort rhough my backlog) but They are (designed?) to be used to scoop or spoon tea leaves or coffee grounds from a tin (or caddy) to the kettle or coffee pot.
they were "whittled/carved" using traditional spoon/bowl making knives. (one straight bladed and one with a curved blade [for the bowl]) a "crook knife". and then sanded by hand.
they are about 85mm (long) x 50mm (wide) x 20 (deep) with an average wood thickness of about 5mm.
Made as a pair (one for tea one for coffee) from a scrap of wood that might have ended up cooking pizza on the wood burning stove, and i carved them with the "tear" (or water) depending on your emotions droplet idea in mind. and maybe one pencil outline to start off. but the rest was purely by hand.
another link to a "sugar spoon" (used in a sugar bowl for putting 1 spoon or two in your tea or coffee.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48181132@N00/sets/72157619291447609/
this was the first spoon i made back in 2006
And yes, they do make making coffee a pleasure.
Thinking about using them as a positive mould for some short run castings (metal) or other moulded material (not keen on plastics) but also interested in developing them as a less one off application.
any thoughts or ideas welcome.
ok
back to work
(got to go and build some treehouses!)
Nice. This reminded me of the time I visited the Wharton Esherick Museum (which was his house). I don't even know if he had made the kitchen utensils that I saw, but they left a strong impression on me. There is something about utensils that are handmade from wood - has a kind of refined rustic thing going on that I really like.
"DONT PANIC" SLARTIBARTFAST! : )
I used to get the wooden spoon on the ass as a kid when I [deserved it], so my mom may have opted for an even more painful alternate behandled utensil....so naturally I'm not sure how I feel about a wooden spoon without handles. The workmanship is beautiful, however - thanks for sharing.
^Hey Spoonk'd, You're A Big Boy Now.
Oh, I see, interesting! I can see them absorbing some of the colors / scents of their dedicated foodstuff over time -- would be interesting. Very cool. As you use some, you should continue to post pictures over time.
Ooh-- I LOVE the sugar spoon! Although, as someone who struggles with arthritis, I would not be able to use it. You should put up a side view -- the handle looks quite elegant but isn't properly shown via top view only.
hi mantaray.
i will look out some other photographs from different angles
I am sure i have some somewhere.
the handle was very slender (in the end a little too slender, and i now need to make a copy to replace the broken one) : (
i have not really addressed accessability issues (arthritis)
but would be interested to hear what would make a good spoon for you.
(wider handle more like a chisel handle?) [easier to grip]
please let me know and i will see what i can come up with,
also making some celebrity spoons at the moment.
more soon
(including pictures of caddy spoons in action)
joseph
thanks for the dedication:
i prefer a little bit of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQlbW2xzJ0I
or one of the many other spoon related musicians/producers!
or maybe some of this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VvMfNCqNaY
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