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these little spoons, perfect for scooping salt or spices,are made from little shards of the same branch. this piece of yew branch was being used by a friend of mine as a mallet and had begun to spit apart. i saw it and knew i could make some spoons out of it. soon after another friend challenged me to make the 'smallest spoon in the world' and i accepted the challenge. that was my first of this series. 

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this one i made from the core of this same yew branch. usually the diameter of a round branch must be slit to avoid splitting, but since this was already dry and stable i was able to pass through the core! something special about yew? maybe. the dark design is the layer of wood where it separated when used for pounding.

then this little beetle spoon i made from a piece i separated from the one above. isn't it cute!

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