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Spoon Exchange

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Wel­come to the W3E Spoon Exchange Homepage

Overview: A carved spoon exchange

Offi­cial Name: World Wide Wood­carvers Exchange — Spoon Divi­sion (W3E-SD)

To Join:  You must be a cur­rent­ly sub­scribed mem­ber of one of these wood­carv­er lists or Face­book group to participate:

  • Wood­carv­er Listserve
  • Wood­carv­er List Face­book group
  • Wood­carv­ing Fun List
  • ASA List
  • Knot­holes List
  • Fishcarver2 List
  • WOM-W3E Noti­fy List
  • Or receive per­mis­sion of the Exchange Manager

Object: To pro­duce and exchange 5 carved wood­en spoons to send to oth­er carvers, who will in turn send you a carved spoon.

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Span­ish Cedar Spoon By Jake Jacobsen

Carv­ing wood­en spoons has been a tra­di­tion in some coun­tries for many years.  With almost end­less pos­si­bil­i­ties for the han­dle, you can carv­er a lot of spoons and nev­er repeat your­self. Flow­ers, leaves, hearts, chip carv­ing and Celtic knot­work are just a few of the pos­si­ble themes.

You can see more of Jake Jacob­sen’s spoons HERE.

Size and Mate­r­i­al:  Spoons for the exchange should be in the range of 6″ to 10″ long. You may choose what­ev­er wood you please that yields a good result.

Sched­ule:  To par­tic­i­pate in this exchange requires a five month com­mit­ment — that’s one spoon every month. Please be absolute­ly sure you have the time before becom­ing involved in this exchange.

Par­tic­i­pants:  Any carv­er who can carve five spoons. Like all W3E exchanges, enthu­si­asm for carv­ing is more impor­tant than skill level.

Reg­is­tra­tion:  To reg­is­ter for W3E-Spoon Divi­sion, go to the reg­is­tra­tion form at the bot­tom of this page. Read the form, enter the request­ed infor­ma­tion, and sub­mit the form. Sit back and think about what you will carve. Go rum­mage around look­ing for pos­si­ble patterns.

Once a group of 6 fills, mem­bers will be send a ros­ter and a sched­ule of who-to-mail-a-spoon-to-when. Then the work and the fun may begin!!

Carv­ing Guide­lines:  With­in the bounds of rea­son­ably good taste, what­ev­er style and top­ic you wish to carve.

New To Spoon Carv­ing?  See the Welch Love Spoon Tuto­r­i­al by Lora S. Irish at LSIrish.com — click HERE

 

Ques­tions, queries, posers?  Email the W3E Direc­tor, Matt Kel­ley.  Click the About link in the menu bar at the top of the page and use the con­tact form in the right side bar on that page . Please be sure to include “W3E-Spoon Ques­tion” as the first line in the mes­sage block.

Last update — 3–11-14

W3E Spoon Exchange Registration

Reg­is­tra­tion form for the W3E Spoon Exchange
  • All fields list­ed are required
  • Phone num­ber only for use by W3E Aministrator.
    Mem­ber­ship in at least one group or approval of the Exchange Man­ag­er is required.

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