Carving a wooden spoon or spatula

The sixth grade builds upon skills learned the previous year by tackling the far more difficult convex surfaces of spoons, sporks, and spatulas.

Students chose their own wood and develop a unique design that takes the inherent challenges of their wood selection into consideration.

Tools used include carving knives, gouges, mallets, chisels, clamps, vices, rasps, rittlers, and sandpaper.

The projects are finished using a natural oil and classic hand polishing techniques.