Today I met with the owner of a small art gallery here in town, the Gallery 101 in Collinsville, CT. We discussed him carrying my spoons, and he likes the idea. I donated all the spoons I had to the Timber Framer's Guild for their auction in Virginia at the Eastern Conference (and they went nicely, which felt very good), so I had to carve out some more to take in today. Carving that Birch is always so much easier than I remember, since I don't get my hands on it too often. It really feels like butter after all the Maple I use, even though I carve it green. I finished up three to show him, he liked them, so I came home and got started on a batch. Some eating spoons, a serving shovel, and a small bowled tasting spoon done from a crook. The Cherry spoon I started carving this morning out of a piece of firewood waiting for someone, and also finished roughing this evening.
You might notice my bench in the background instead of a log or grass. I've moved back inside for my woodworking. It's been getting a tad chilly (though incredibly warm for the time of year), but more importantly it's dark so early I can't sit outside and carve without a light.
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