This spoon is made for my good man friend Andre Enterman of Lopez Island. It is made from apple wood pruned from a tree in the orchard where he lives, Sunnyfield Farm. Much of the meticulous carving of the ball in the handle was done in the car during a couple week period in September when I was starting this new chapter of my life that led to Portland, OR. I see it either as the eye ball held in the socket or a smooth beach rock held between the tail of a fish. I am very grateful for the gift of a straight knife from my teacher Walter Henderson's workshop on Orcas Island! I could not have carved this handle detail without it!
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