Wood Varieties For Spoon Carving - Deborah Schneebeli Morrell 

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Thank You Zed and thank you Deborah excellent video enjoy looking at all the different Woods. From across the pond peace out! Have a blessed day!

Poplar is a lovely, easy wood to carve if you can get hold of some. I had a trailer load from the local golf club and the pale sapwood can contrast beautifully with the yellowy heartwood which had hints of pink and orange.

Right on zed, love debra! I could talk grain for hours with her!

Interesting. I put the initials of the genus & species on the cut ends of raw material. Love the dogwoods for knife handles. Give black locust a try, very exotic looking.

2:42 - start spoons

Killer thumbnail, btw.

I so enjoy any videos with Deborah , she is so talented and such a lovely lady. The carrots in the oven story is so much fun. Thank you.

Hi. Why she tricks the wood into the water?

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Really interesting. Thank you. And, Zed: I think your production, your camera work, your interviewing technique - it has alll really come along. Good job, sir.

Hi guys. Really enjoyed the video ….Just a quick question I acquired a lot of chokecherry (prunus virginiana) I’ve been told parts of it are poisonous as is most cherry. Have you ever used it for spoon carving? Would appreciate some info if possible Cheers

Thanks Zed! As a new spoon carver, your entire series with Deborah has been invaluable!

I have a bunch of purple heart and mahogany sticks. Since I've not found either as a spoon wood alternative, I'm assuming they have a toxic nature. I know they're not great woods to work with dry, but are they toxic?

zed could you do a video of some of your spoons ect? stay blessed, a video would be good on someone showing how to carve a ladle! this would be killer

Thank you for filming this interesting video! I have a question about safety because I love that Deborah likes to experiment with all kinds of woods and shrubs and recommends to just keep your eyes open - but how do I know that a wood is safe to use for spooncarving? Aren´t there toxic kinds or problematic for kitchen use? Thanks again and keep up the good work!

Tell Deborah that I carve out of California (united states) and I use madrone all the time! Arbutus Menziesii! Everyone uses it for firewood here but it has the most magnificent grain and color. Some even has a red stripe!!!

aight, dumb american here... what is an allotment? is it like her backyard? a piece of land away from her house?

I recently acquired a couple of black walnut logs about 14 inches in diameter and 20 inches long. They were fresh cut so they are very very wet. I have sealed both ends with Anchorseal. My question is whether to strip off the bark to help reduce the moisture, or will this lead to more checking?

Thanks Zeb. Debra is such a delight to listen and learn from. BUT You! You must be a mind reader. I have been watching spoon carving tutorials for a couple of years and only this month did I find some references that had me planning to write you today. Then I saw your post. May be old stuff to you long time carvers but a big gap in knowledge for us newbies. Thanks.

Debra is my greatest inspiration! Thank you zed for helping get her work known to us

When using fresh cut wood to carve a ladle or deep spoon, how do yo prevent cracks from forming in the bowl?

Did I hear Denise say spoon club? Can anybody attend these?

Hi Zed. Thanks for all your awesome videos! In this video, Deborah mentions at 20:07 that you can create spalting by storing the wood. Would you ever consider making a video about how to force-spalt green wood?

So many awesome and beautiful spoons.

My attempt to note some of the woods mentioned in this video: Arbutus (strawberry Tree) Also called Madrone Pittosporum (pittosporum tenuifolium) Cypress (One of many species in the Cupressus Genus) Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum taxodiaceae) Redwood Family) Ring Porous Woods: Mulberry (In the Morus genus, likely to be either the alba, rubra, or nigra species, but could be one of the other 60+ other species) Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) Mahonia shrub (1 of about 70 species in the Berberidaceae family) Rowan (Sorbus) or Mountain Ash Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Damson (In the Prunus Genus) Field Maple (Acer campestre) Maple (Another Acer (There are about 200 species)) Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) More Mulberry Oak (Quercus robur) Cherry (Another Prunus, possibly avium?) Pear (Pyrus communis) another Pittisporum Peach/Damson/Plum (Prunus) More Beech Hawthorn (Craetagus monogyna) Birch (Betula pendula) Pear (Pyrus communis) Holly (Ilex aquifolium) More Arbutus Apple (Malus domestica)

Thanks Zed and Deborah, that was most interesting. An interesting wood to try is Lilac as it has a cream sapwood and a dark heartwood with well defined rings with a tint of lilac towards the centre.

When you are storing blanks in the freezer, how do you prepare the blank? For example, I have a feeling you don’t just drop a piece of wood into the freezer, but do you put it into a sealable sandwich bag, wrap it in paper towels, wrap it in damp paper towels and place into a zip sealed plastic bag before fiercely depositing it into the deep freeze??

Always a treat seeing Deborah's collection, and previously I've been quite envious of all the shrub and garden wood, but was tickled when she mentioned Arbutus and Pittosporum. Both are quite popular trees here in San Francisco, and I've gotten to carve some Arbutus. It really is a wonderful wood.

Her hands are amazing!!!! Bet she could squeeze the water out of those blanks if she wanted to. Sure wish I lived across the pond for carving lessons from her. Thanks for the content Zed!

Damn..you are so productive, Zed! Looking forward to enjoy this film after dinner today :-)

Zed sporting wood for Deborah's......spoons!!!😉✌🏽

Fun stuff to digest here. Lots of good info held within. Thanks Zed and Deborah

Your spoons are absolutely amazing.

great video! thanks Deborah and Zed!

Good stuff!

Great video lovely wood

Try buckthorn. Considered invasive here and has some great color. Almost a marmalade orange in the heart wood.