Spoon in Ash

Hi,

I'm sure I've mentioned this spoon before but since I've now managed to take the time to photograph it I thought I'd mention it here.

I started with a small chunk of Ash newly cut from the tree in our garden and split it down the middle. I've carved spoons before but not really looked at how the shape should turn out so I wanted to try and make this one really work. It is an eating spoon so it needs to be small enough to fit in someone's mouth and the right shape to shovel food in.

It wasn't until I had carved most of it out that I realised what lovely grain this piece of wood has, I'd never really considered Ash to be as beautiful as this and would certainly look to use more of my firewood for carvings in the future. 

I even went to the trouble of sanding t down with progressively finer grits of abrasive.

Anyway, here it is.