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Big Bear Wood Shack
Canada
Registrace 1. 10. 2020
Green wood carving with a focus on spoons, kuksa cups, bowls and boards.
All handmade and ready to enhance your kitchen, cottage, or cabin.
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Check out my work on Etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BigBearWoodShack
All handmade and ready to enhance your kitchen, cottage, or cabin.
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Check out my work on Etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BigBearWoodShack
Axing Out A Maple Teaspoon #woodworking #greenwoodcarving #diy #woodwood #sloyd
Axing out a small teaspoon for our personal collection in our kitchen. You have to treat yourself now and again!
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How To Avoid Injuries!! #greenwoodcarving #greenwoodworking #DIY #cookingspoon #woodworking
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I blew out the tendons in my right elbow, and I'm here to share a few tips to try and avoid this type of injury, which is the most common in green woodworking.
How To Carve A Bowl By Hand: An Introduction To Grain Direction #greenwoodworking #diy
zhlédnutí 228Před měsícem
Be water my friends! Understanding grain direction can be tough. In this video, I go over how I hollow a bowl for a kuksa or cup, the tools I use, and how I follow grain direction.
Sawing Out The Center Slot; Pole Lathe Build Pt.1 #diy #greenwoodworking #greenwoodturning #sloyd
zhlédnutí 111Před 2 měsíci
I don't own a skil saw or a traditional hand drill, so cordless drill and hand saw it is! Cutting the center slot out is the hardest part of the build and is very satisfying when complete. I have to clean up the edges with my chisel and square up, but overall, I'm satisfied with the cuts.
Axing A Piece Of Cherry Wood Into An Eating Spoon #woodenspoon #diy #greenwoodworking #spooncarving
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Axing A Piece Of Cherry Wood Into An Eating Spoon #woodenspoon #diy #greenwoodworking #spooncarving
Latest Creations Available! #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #diy #spooncarving #sloyd #slojd #slöyd
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Building A Bowl Mate! #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #diy #spooncarving #sloyd
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Building A Bowl Mate! #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #diy #spooncarving #sloyd
Carve A Spoon With Me! From Beginning to End PT 2 #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #diy #spooncarving
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Carve A Spoon With Me! From Beginning to End PT 2 #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #diy #spooncarving
Carve A Cooking Spoon With Me! Beginning to End pt.1 #greenwoodworking #diy #woodenspoon
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Carve A Cooking Spoon With Me! Beginning to End pt.1 #greenwoodworking #diy #woodenspoon
Mapping A Log, How I Approach It #diy #woodcarving #greenwoodworking
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Mapping A Log, How I Approach It #diy #woodcarving #greenwoodworking
Set Yourself Up For Successful Green Wood Carving #GreenWoodworking #CarvedWood #WoodCraft
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Set Yourself Up For Successful Green Wood Carving #GreenWoodworking #CarvedWood #WoodCraft
Birch Green Wood Tea Cup Complete! #woodcraft #spooncarving #woodencup #sloyd
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Birch Green Wood Tea Cup Complete! #woodcraft #spooncarving #woodencup #sloyd
How To Carve Green Wood From The Bowl Of A Spoon #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #spooncarving
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How To Carve Green Wood From The Bowl Of A Spoon #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #spooncarving
Build a Chopping Block For Spoon Carving! #woodenspoon #sloyd #greenwoodworking #choppingblock
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Build a Chopping Block For Spoon Carving! #woodenspoon #sloyd #greenwoodworking #choppingblock
Top 4 Tools For Green Wood Spoon Carving And Beginner Advice
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Top 4 Tools For Green Wood Spoon Carving And Beginner Advice
How to: Step by Step Green Wood Spoon Axing! #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #carvingax
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How to: Step by Step Green Wood Spoon Axing! #greenwoodworking #woodenspoon #carvingax
Advice On Using A Chopping Block To Carve Green Wood! #woodenspoon #spooncarving #spoon #diy #sloyd
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Advice On Using A Chopping Block To Carve Green Wood! #woodenspoon #spooncarving #spoon #diy #sloyd
Carving A Spoon With An Ax, ONE TAKEI No Edit! #spooncarving #woodenspoon #spoon #diy
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Carving A Spoon With An Ax, ONE TAKEI No Edit! #spooncarving #woodenspoon #spoon #diy
How To Carve Out A Rough Spoon Using An Axe! #woodenspoon #spooncarving #diy #spoon
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How To Carve Out A Rough Spoon Using An Axe! #woodenspoon #spooncarving #diy #spoon
Easy And Fun Way To Keep Track Of Your Carved Spoons!
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Easy And Fun Way To Keep Track Of Your Carved Spoons!
Axing Out an Apple Wood Eating Spoon RAW UNEDITED!
zhlédnutí 4,1KPřed rokem
Axing Out an Apple Wood Eating Spoon RAW UNEDITED!
Creating a Spoon Billet From a Log! RAW and UNCUT!
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Creating a Spoon Billet From a Log! RAW and UNCUT!
Axing Out an Eating Spoon! Apple Wood Tests Your Abilities! #spooncarving #greenwoodcarving
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Axing Out an Eating Spoon! Apple Wood Tests Your Abilities! #spooncarving #greenwoodcarving
ESSENTIAL Spoon Carving Tools! - Newbie basic beginner
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ESSENTIAL Spoon Carving Tools! - Newbie basic beginner
How does cleaning after use work? Only rinse with water? Reapply wax from time to time?
I've been carving for a few years and I still can't get the facets right, back of the bowl or in the bowl😢 Awesome form!!!
Thanks friend! Facets are tough at times depending on wood eh? Practice makes perfect 👌🏼
Thank you so much for your encouraging words, blessings.
Cheers friend!
So little appreciation that’s an amazing piece
Cheers and thanks so much👍🏼
Just found ya today and subscribed after watching several videos! I've already learned a lot and picked up some great ideas to try out with my carving. I'm glad you're talking about taking care of our bodies as we carve so we can keep carving long term. A spoon carving and kolrosing instructor friend of mine makes it a point to have us do stretching breaks together in class and I really appreciate that she does that. Very helpful to hear about how each tool can contribute to a more efficient and enjoyable carving experience! Also makes carving more accessible to folks with chronic pain who struggle with the repetitive motion strains involved. I love that spoon carving can be done anywhere with a sloyd and a hook knife, but as I continue on my spoon carving journey I'm finding it super helpful acquiring some new tools here and there to fill in different gaps in my process. Being able to clamp spoons and use a drawknife recently was exciting! I've definitely had some days where I carved past the point my body wanted me to and regretted it. Learning to avoid that situation. Thanks for the video!
Hey my man! Thanks so much for your kind words! I appreciate you reaching out and sharing part of your green wood journey as well! Thanks for being here! Cheers!
will say please make the video biugger on the screen it went to a rel little size even at full screen size
Will do Marla
Wow! You're incredible!
Beautiful grain, and the different colors are strikingly breathtaking. Masterful work! 😎👌
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful piece! If I might ask, what did you use for the finish because it turned out amazing. ✊
Thanks so much! So this spoon was black walnut wood, but sap wood, so it is lighter in color. I wanted something richer and darker, so I baked the spoon in the oven for about 30 mins at 400°C. I burnished the spoon first. After baking, I applied some mineral beeswax, food safe, of course, while it was still hot. That allowed the oils to penetrate the wood deep and add luster. Hope that helps!
@@bigbearwoodshack Sure does, thank you very much for your indepth response explaining the process you used. ✊
Good day Big Bear, I have been in spoon carving journey. Thank you so much for your encouragement. I like what you shared about your tools that each one has a story. You have a story and relationship with your tools and your craft. These you shared deeply encourages me to develop such a relationship in my tools and in my journey for carving. This inspire me in facing challenges in my journey. Thank you so much, blessings.
Thank you so much for sharing and following along on my green wood journey! Cheers friend and carve on!
Вогонь!
Thank you!
I like your videos would like to see you actually carve spoon not being sarcastic at all. I just wanna watch you do one I’m learning.
Coming up, my man!
Very very nice
Thanks a lot!
Please Show some Details about this wonderful teacup. How did you Work inside the cup
Thanks so much for your interest! Because you asked, I will drop a video very soon on the tools used, following grain direction, and how I hollowed out the bowl. Cheers and thanks! Stay tuned!
That spalted wood is gorgeous!
Love this! 🤩
How are you liking the Robin Wood axe? I actually prefer it over my gransfors carving axe
I go back and forth between a few axes but keep coming back to Robin's because of the weight and bevel angle. I feel it bites better for me. My go-to is my Jason Lonon carver.
Which robin wood axe is it?
@frozen_toes_ak it's his original carver, not his new release which I'm probably going to pick up soon.
@@bigbearwoodshack that new one is looking good. I’m looking into the large carving axe.
Awesome! How do you like the robin wood carving axe?
Cool process not a fan of the burnt look though. Nothing against it just a personal preference that I'm sure everyone here is super glad I voiced 😆
No worries man, to each thier own.
Please credit the music
Maybe if you used your eyes you could look in the bottom right corner and see the title and author of the song
practice to experience
Truth with a capital T
Interesting and thank you 😊
Thanks for watching!
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Great video. I'd love to learn more about storing/saving greenwood, billets, etc. Feels like almost all the videos I see go from log to spoon in one go, but I don't usually have that kinda time as a beginner.
Great question! My goal is to show all of the small and menial tasks that lead up and further progress a carved spoon. I will usually keep billets in the freezer after processing, either wrapped in a plastic bag or on their own (because they don't sit long, I carve often) They're are many techniques in preserving wood, depending on climate and environment. I tend to leave my billets in a pile in my shop or outside in the winter, and freezer in the hotter months. If it's a sensitive wood that I would like to carve wet, than I soak the billets in a bin of water as I carve them. If they sit for a day or 2, change the water out. Hope this helps!
@@bigbearwoodshack that's super helpful! Thank you! Looking forward to your future videos.
Heyy Brett loved the videos.Any ideas on carving spoons without using hook k ives or round gauges?
Great question. You can actually achieve a bowl without any hooks or gouges. A small straight knife, carefully spiraling the desired hole can get you there, but could potentially be pretty rough. Watch the knife tip for small cuts through the bowl. I have known carvers that will take a straight knife like a Mora 106 and bend it using hammers, pliers and such, to create a curve in the blade to allow for hollowing shallow bowls. You'd need a knife you're willing to sacrifice really. Hope that helps a bit!
@@bigbearwoodshack thanks but I actually carve all my spoons with a knockoff of mora 511 by Stanley and getting hook knives or round gauges is quite expensive an availability is near to none in my country
So cool!!
Anything you can do to prevent chips sticking to the blade? Oil it?
Honestly, can't be avoided. Hazard of the craft really.
What oils are u putting on?
This specifically is Claphams beeswax. I warm the spoon, then apply and cure near a mild heat source for a day or so.
@@bigbearwoodshack any beeswax for wood works?
This is why I have a CP860 die grinder. That with a ball rasp plows through wood. There's nothing like handmade.
I pride myself in taking a more traditionalist approach and using hand tools over power. I find it takes more patience and skill. The craft I study requires zero power. Thanks
@@bigbearwoodshack yeah but imagine how many spoons you could turn out with a duplicarver. I was at a decoy show once and all of the vendors were mad because one guy there was running a duplicator farm. They wanted hundreds for their decoys and he was selling his all day long at $20 a pop. He told me he made them out of old telephone poles and pilings. They looked good too.
Fortunately, I don't need to stress about speed, quantity, or anything to do with money. I find more value in the journey, the experience, sourcing materials in nature, and slowing down to seek fulfillment in woodcraft. There will always be someone who is undercutting the "competition" for financial gain, popularity, or accolades and great for them, whatever the motivation. I have nothing to do with that personally. Thanks man
@@bigbearwoodshack I hear ya. Power tools take you on a journey too. They're just a different conveyance. You could go across the country on horseback or in a jet airplane. Either way you're traveling. One way you'll just arrive a lot sooner.
You may be great but more show and less tslk would be better thank you
The feedback and analytics I've received are asking for the opposite of what you seek friend.
I like the talking as long as there's no jangly horrible music involved. And you can't spell.
@@bigbearwoodshack Agree, I prefer having someone talk as I personally learn more with the explanations. Also your humor's great, I got real chuckle from the croc speed/stab holes.
Beautiful.
I’ve inherited my father’s wood carving tools. I have made some nice things too.
Right on!
That’s beautiful.
This was so helpful, thank you!
Awesome video.
Thanks!
My pleasure @@bigbearwoodshack
Nice. I needed this part. I need to work on my cranks. Take care😊
😊very nice
Thanks. Good instructions. Take care😊
Thanks, you too!
Well done Brett! I'm going to mention this video (and your channel) in the next episode of Wood Carving Weekly.
Hey, thanks so much! Very appreciated, my friend! More videos are dropping later this week! I'm on the wood hunt and looking for birch, more maple, and hopefully CHERRY!!
My pleasure Brett! Good luck with the wood hunt!@@bigbearwoodshack
Nice to see the angle between the bowl and the stem
It is tough trying to find a great angle to display how the carve goes. Viewing head-on is fine, but the camera angle, I found, let's you see my line of sight which is super important in creating a symmetrical spoon. Thanks so much!
Man... That's a spoon that's worthy of that spectacular piece of timber! Bravo! 😮👍👍
Cheers friend! Much appreciated
Nice work roughing out that blank! It takes some skill to do that with an axe.
Cheers my friend! It sure does. It takes much practice. A quote from a famous spoon carver is that "You get the knack for carving spoons after about 300". 😂 I'm definitely over that number but in honesty not by much. Maybe 400 or 450 at this stage of the spoon journey.
Nice job! Just don't let your keel get too thin. ;-)
Keel is something that I used to struggle with. I leave "meat" on the blank to carve my keel out better with a straight knife until my desired thinness. Definitely had many fails leading up to developing a carving system. Cheers!
Wow! Amazing work, Big Bear!
Thank you! Cheers!
good job on the mallet!
Thank you!
I love it ❤❤❤❤
Cool🎉🎉
hi
What was the temp when you were carving? Planning to carving in the snow one of these days.
Temp that day was roughly -10° C
Very good ❤