Brother Spoon

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

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I made my brother this Maple spoon to thank him for doing some graphic design for spoonderlust(see the word spoonderlust inset in the logo on the site banner, which features a spoon for the “p” and “d”).

 

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It’s a large cooking/serving spoon.  Nice curves in the handle.

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To me, trades like this are tiny examples of how things should be.

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Making tangible things for one another, sharing our varied talents and skills.  Leaving money out of the equation.

I am ever so grateful for my brother!

 

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Leaving the week behind, the high school year behind, and hanging in the wood shop working on very fresh birch, not sure the variety but really dense from the base of the tree.
There’s a new blog post on my website if you have time: www.spoonderlust.com Musings about spoon related this and that. I like to write...link in bio.
Land...Mark it, fence it, set corner pins, build stone walls, exploit it, kill over it, cherish it, map it, buy it, sell it, cover it with trash, clean up the trash, poison it, mine it, cover it with blood, bury the bones in it, burn it down, plant it, genetically modify it, dig up the past, let its measurement and ownership consume your mind. The fox tail bobs into the ferns. How can I no longer pine to change the woods, to build something here and there, a temple, a cabin, but rather come here carrying nothing, wanting to do or make or capture nothing, to sit still, to be without a plan, without a clock, without a knife, without a connection, without being tracked or measured or calculated? I’ll find the corner pins, I’ll buy this rectangle, I’ll make a law that says no indigenous people shall ever pay a tax, then I will un-occupy this land and it shall be just land, pure land, free of encumbrances and lies and endless payments. All can come to the spring and drink with the deer. All can watch the mist and the light through the beech leaves.
Some little ones dry and ready to finish now.
Ash bark for Mom to make baskets. I deeply appreciate my Mom for the millions of things she’s done for me over the years, most notably teaching me to enjoy making things with my hands. It’s really nice to be able to harvest some supplies for her. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother spoon makers out there! This ash log will be made into legs and tool handles.
@slojdarmolly : Yellow and green. @siri_knaevelsrud “cats I’ve slapped”(well not really). Plus some spoons for the sake of spoons.
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