[Woodcarver] love spoons

[Merrilee Johnson]

Good Evening Alex,
   To be fair I might have been stretching the "sand from start to finish" 
part but he did hand me a coarse piece of sand paper and that's how we 
started.  I really don't like sanding so I probably stopped listening at 
that point and decided for myself that most was to be sanded and I didn't 
want to sand so.... as the saying goes I stopped listening! :)  Probably not 
a good idea.
   The book I bought is called the "Celtic Carved Loved Spoons bySharon 
Littley and Clive Giffin. This one has 30 patterns and history and 
information on them.  ( My friend Bette has another book but I am not sure 
what the name is.)  The different patterns are so beautiful and they give 
you lots of patterns and how to put them together to make it your own for 
your own special occasion.  I like looking at it!  And I keep saying maybe 
someday....  Its a great book (am I supposed to say something like I have no 
interest in this book or person but that I just own the book and love 
it????)
Check it out - I'm sure you will too!
    Love spoons are certainly a challenge but they don't look like they 
would be.  The back of yours turned out great!  Those little extras are what 
make carving so addictive!  I hope your club can get this one!
Merrilee


>From: "Alex Bisso" <albisso at bresnan.net>
>Reply-To: albisso at bresnan.net,"[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>Subject: RE: [Woodcarver] WHOTCHACORV'N????
>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 22:00:54 -0700
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>Hi Merrilee - I can't believe that anyone would suggest that you could sand
>a love spoon from start to finish but I guess that depends on the design 
>and
>what you start with.  For mine I drew around one a friend had done and
>roughly cut the outline on a bandsaw in 3/4" stock.  Then I trimmed about
>3/8" off the bottom side of the handle part leaving the spoon part thicker.
> >From then on it was carving and there is no way that sanding could have 
>done
>it.  I also changed the design a bit to improve it from my perspective and 
>I
>did a lot more detail on the back than the example I had.  Although it was
>not really a planned design, I thought it was neat the way a heart was
>created in the back where I signed it.
> >From my first experience, I would say that the love spoons are a worthy
>carving challenge.
>What is the name of the book you have on carving love spoons?  There is no
>book on the subject in the Montana Woodcarvers Association library and 
>maybe
>I can get them to buy one for the library.
>
>Thanks to everyone who commented on the love spoon.
>Alex
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net
>[mailto:woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Merrilee
>Johnson
>Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:29 PM
>To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] WHOTCHACORV'N????
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>Wow!  Great spoon Alex.  The one and only I tried isn't finished yet.  It
>was suggested that I could sand most of it start to finish and that
>unfortunately turned me off to love spoons and after I bought a huge book 
>on
>them too!  <bg>  But that's ok cause the pictures in the book are wonderful
>to look at!  Maybe I'll try them again sometime.
>Merrilee
>
> >From: "jan oegema" <jancarves3 at rogers.com>
> >Reply-To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
> >To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] WHOTCHACORV'N????
> >Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:24:32 -0500
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> >Alex B wrote
> >.  Although the photo does not really show the rich caramel
> >color,
> > > you can check it out at:
> > > http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=583547&uid=467059
> > > ALEX
> >+++++++++++++++
> >Wonderful love spoon Alex
> >Wellll you know what you can do with it
> >You've got my address LOL
> >                                     Woodbutcher Jan
> >
> >
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> >Also take a look at my picture trail albums
> >
> >http://www.picturetrail.com/woodbutcher
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