Spoon People

The Web is a rich hunting ground for folk who like to carve spoons and tell the world about it! Here are a few people with their take on the hugely satisfying activity of spoon carving.

RIta Hjelle is based in the United States and carves spoons mainly from black walnut wood. She has a very striking image of some of her spoons in and around a jam jar and her web site is intriguingly called jarofwood.com.To find out why go visit her web site!


seanhellman

Sean Hellman is based in Devon in the United Kingdom and has many skills, including making sculptural furniture and beautiful fan birds. Here’s a photo of hm making one at the 2009 Bodgers Ball in Doncaster. Check out that amazing shavehorse design! Sean also makes great spoons.