when i was visiting some friends in thorn junction and working in their garden i found a piece of fig wood that just cried out to be made into a spoon. sometimes i just see the potential. this section of branch was in a compost bin where i was happily placing all the grass i pulled.
it had lots of rings, but i was told it was only a few years old. later i found out it had grown so many rings because it was in their greenhouse! the wood was soft, but stronger than i expected. i carved it in one sitting on a sunny morning. very rare for me to carve a spoon all at once like this! the sanding was done mostly during a song circle i attended that night with my host Jani. got all filled with good vibrations! i decided to give the spoon to the lovely couple who's tree the wood had come from. it is now honored to be used in their love-filled kitchen!
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