Well, the weather has warmed up & stopped raining enough to actually get some varnish on these spoons. I decided to give the bird carvings two coats of water-based varnish and liquid wax the scoop part. As even the wax was finding it hard to cure. Once totally dry, they will be available fro

This little fella has been cut from reclaimed pine timber pallet. I have hand carved with various chisels that you can sort of see in picture 3. Sanded him down nice and smooth and oiled him up with a food safe oil to protect him. Once dry I will drill a couple of holes for the eye hook, and to

I thought I would try carving a couple of different birds for my scoops. As you can see, one is a Flame Robin, Butcherbird, and a chicken..... just because! Well they are all birds after all!! The first two have been sanded and ready for a coat of sanding sealer (just on the carved bird). I have

From just a cutout of a kookaburra to a painted kookaburra spoon. They are just waiting for the weather to warm up a bit so I can seal the painted areas with a varnish and the natural wooden scoop area with a food safe wax. I have cut these kookaburras from Acacia and carved them with a variet

Another Australian bird that I had been trialling for a spoon handle - the Gang Gang Cockatoo. Before I had even finished painting it, it was sold. The only thing that I would do differently, is to make the bird slightly larger to match the other spoons a little better. But I like how he has c

To fulfil some bird spoon orders that I recently recieved, I first had finish painting some. Then, to replace the ones that were sold I carved and sanded some more that are now ready for painting. Williewagtails, magpie and wrens. These have been cut from Acacia and carved by hand with vario

Another favourite Australian bird - the Willywagtail! As you can see by the photos, I have hand carved this Willywagtail spoon. Creating this unique handmade wooden spoon or wooden scoop is time consuming but this is something that I really enjoy. The carving and sanding takes approximately 2-3h

One of Australia's favourite birds - the fairy wren or some know it as the blue wren. It is available from my website Treasures at Derrymore .com This carving has been painted in the Superb Fairy wren colours and only the bird itself has been painted & sealed with a water-based varnish.