Monday, December 28, 2020

sycamore serving spoon

 


One beautiful day this fall, while riding to Ocean Beach from East County, I came across a bus with trees painted on the outside. The owner of the bus was outside, and this felt like a great opportunity to meet someone new. Luke and I hit it off right away, and he offered to make a video of me doing a spoon carving demonstration I was planning. Besides being a wonderful, kind human being, Luke is a video blogger and web designer travelling the country while learning how to be more fully alive. Check out his videos on his YouTube channel! 

When I started to ride off after our meeting I remembered I'd said to myself that the next person I had the opportunity to get a picture taken by I would ask. So I went back and Luke got this nice picture of me with my unusual bicycle luggage system. 





The wood came from a huge sycamore growing near where we had breakfast on the side of the road the morning of a spoon carving demonstration I was doing at Backfence Society in Vista. I was not able to get a fresh branch, but found one recently fallen that I selected a good section from. The wood was harder to work because of how dry it was, and doing the axe work took the full two hours of the demo. I was able to finish the clean up knife work the same day, and eventually finished it on a special visit to Luke at his bus where he was parked on Fiesta Island. It was presented to him as a gift that day. 











Tuesday, December 22, 2020

kolrosed crab apple

 This spoon was commissioned by a friend. The wood is crab apple, given to me by my spoon carving teacher on Orcas Island, who has an abundance of nifty woods around his shop to toss my way when I visit. It took the kolrosing really well, which was perfect for the curvy design I decided to put on this spoon. 

What do you see in this picture? What does it symbolize for you? To me it speaks of God and Gaia. The Love behind it all and the sturdy Mother of our bodies that He shines through. There are so many ways to depict the oneness! The image of Her came first, and the rest was spontaneous as I worked the drawing on the spoon handle with pencil. Thank you Creator!


photo by Ron Hurley