I visited the talented Deborah Schneebeli Morrell for the day in her studio in North West London to film a detailed tutorial on her entire process from start to finish on how she carves a wooden pocket spoon
You can connect with Deborah using the links below:
Deborah’s Etsy – http://www.plotandponder.co.uk
Deborah’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/plotandponder
Spoon carving video we filmed last year – CLICK HERE
Burnishing tutorial – CLICK HERE
Baking tutorial – CLICK HERE
Below is a timestamp of all the sections in this video:
00:00:00 – Start
00:00:19 – Introduction
00:06:48 – Pocket spoon examples
00:12:49 – Differences Pocket vs Normal
00:15:11 – Soulwood creations axe
00:16:50 – Wood choice
00:18:25 – Axing billet
00:25:05 – Axing crank
00:29:31 – Drawing shape
00:35:19 – Axing blank
00:37:47 – Sawing stop cuts & ends
00:40:41 – Finer axe work
00:49:27 – Redraw shape
00:51:02 – Straight knife work
01:16:25 – Hollowing bowl
01:22:17 – Bowl grain direction
01:23:42 – Straight knife refinement
01:33:12 – Spoon knife refinement
01:39:12 – Finishing cuts
01:55:08 – Drying
01:57:10 – Oatly knife sheath
01:57:39 – Burnishing
01:58:26 – Oiling
01:59:41 – Conclusion
Tools used in this video:
= Soulwood Creations Axe – https://www.soulwoodcreations.com
= Wood Tools Spoon Knife – https://wood-tools.co.uk
= Nic Westermann Spoon Knife – https://nicwestermann.co.uk
= Adrian Lloyd Straight Knife – https://www.instagram.com/adrianrlloyd
= Dave Cockcroft Straight Knife – https://davecockcroft.com/product-category/tools/
= Mora 120 Straight Knife – https://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/MoraKniv-120-Wood-Carving-Knife-MOR120.html
As always I appreciate you watching
Take care
Peace
Zed
