Spoon & knife blanks

I recently was able to get hold of some Apple and Cherry from a pruning job, so I have axe carved a few blanks, preparing for knife work... Nice to work with fruit trees!

Hazel Coppicing

We are in the halfway through this year's coppicing at work - it is a favourite time of year for me, especially when there is frost about! The Wild Garlic started shooting up and the woodlands are gradually transforming. I managed to spot a vintage looking jar of some type, which was left in the woods from years gone by. The Scarlet Elf Cup is amazing to look at and it is always a joy to spot the red female hazel flower...

Carving Log

I made this Carving Log a little while back out of an Ash log and some left over Oak planks I was given years ago. It had a slight wobble so I decided to make a 'stretcher' to connect the three legs.
As I am in the middle of this year's coppicing season at work, I managed to harvest a Hazel fork which had the correct angles to touch the three legs. I made a mortice joint and a adapted half-joint and then made some Elm pegs to join it all together...