Gokuma

For Russian Folk Culture class I carved a spoon.



I saw off a piece of board. Cut it to down to the general shape with a jig saw that broke early on (resulting in difficulty making the whole thing symmetric) and some little kiddie standard saw (not designed for making curves but still worked somewhat). Then I carved it down and dug out the scoop with the small knife occasionally seen here. Finally, I sanded it with a couple different types of sandpaper and burned designs including a Russian abstract firebird with a soldering iron. It's not too neat looking, but not bad for first or one time only try, eh?