***SOLD*** Wild Cherry Cooking Set #1

 

Price $50 with free shipping in the continental US.
I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at judson@judsoncarroll.com


With Christmas coming up, I decided to work on some sets that would make nice gifts.  


This first one is a set of cooking spoons carved from wild cherry.  This is truly a matching set as the spoons came from the same piece of wood.  In fact, the smaller spoon was essentially nestled beside the larger before I carved them out.


Wild cherry is a particularly beautiful wood, with a rich color and a straight grain.  I normally don't make spoons with such long handles, but the grain was so pretty that I had to show it off a little.



It is very hard to find wild cherry that can be responsibly harvested.  In early America it was in high demand for furniture, and the bark is used to make a very effective cough syrup.  The demand was such that it was over harvested.


The cherry tree though, has a survival strategy... delicious fruit!  They also have beautiful spring flowers.  Birds, all manner of critters and humans make sure that the cherry will be widely planted.


Birds and squirrels are not the best orchardists, so the hap-hazard natural seed distribution results in cherry trees often growing in places where they don't have the sun or space to get very large.  This tree was in my yard.  I live on a north-west slope and the tree grew at such a severe angle to try to find sunlight that one winter it fell over.  I have only 12 logs from this tree, so the items I carve from it will be very limited.

I think whoever buys this these will enjoy using them.  They are sealed with Walnut Oil.  As always, my woodwork is sustainably sourced from trees that are storm damaged or that must be thinned. Each piece is entirely hand made in the ancient greenwood tradition. I use only a hand saw, a small axe and knives. Each piece comes with a handwritten, numbered and signed document. These are heirloom quality spoons that, if properly cared for, will last for generations.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

*** SOLD*** Serving Spoon #1

Image
    Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a leaf-shaped serving spoon with a nice, deep bowl.  Being a gravy fanatic, I like to use serving spoons like this so that I can not only scoop rice, mashed potatoes and vegies onto my plate, but heaping spoonfuls of gravy and onions as well.  I'm Southern after all, and unless I need to set a table for a special gathering, I don't use a gravy boat.  I make my gravy in the same pan that I cooked the meat and I fix my Blue Willow plate at the stove, country style!  But, this spoon would be equally at home on the table in a more formal setting and is deep enough to avoid dripping on your white tablecloth. T
Read more

***SOLD**** Toddler and Mother Spoon set #1

Image
  Price $50 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This morning, I carved a Wild Cherry Pocket Spoon that I thought was nice.  But, I'm staying with my mother for a while in the NC Sandhills and she took one look at it and gave me a revision.  She said that if I curved the bowl and made the handle easier for little hands to grip that it would make a perfect spoon for toddlers.  She said it might be good for them to bite on while teething, too.  Well, I figured I'd make a set so I made a larger scoop for mom, too. I figure the kid can eat with the smaller one and the longer scoop or spoon would be ideal for grits, oatmeal... or even cream of wheat if you are a yankee.... So
Read more

Eating Spoon #1

Image
Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US.   I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at judson@judsoncarroll.com   The back of this spoon has some nice color. Here is how it fits the hand: Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. As always, my woodwork is sustainably sourced from trees that are storm damaged or that must be thinned. Each piece is entirely hand made in the ancient greenwood tradition. I use only a hand saw, a small axe and knives. Each piece comes with a handwritten, numbered and signed document. These are heirloom quality spoons that, if properly cared for, will last for generations.
Read more