How To Carve Welsh Love Spoons

It makes a great gift for a wedding anniversary Valentines day or to simply show affection for a friend or loved one whatever the occasion.

How to carve welsh love spoons. Directions to The Lovespoon Workshop. In this episode I show you how I tackled the caged ball section of the Welsh Love Spoon. Carving a love spoon.

I started by squaring the outside of the cage and transferring the aperture opening to the other three sides. Sailors would spend time at sea making these for their intended sweethearts who was hopefully waiting patien tly for them on a far away shore. The open link chain and ball in cage carving are often found in Welsh Love Spoons.

One of the most important things to consider before you start is to choose a suitable piece of wood. It is time to congratulate yourself on completing a beautiful Welsh love spoon. Lightly sand between the coats with the 150 grit sandpaper.

In the spoon in the photo I followed the stain with three coats of lacquer. Sailors would often carve lovespoons during their long journeys which is why anchors would often be incorporated into the carvings. Regardless of your skills and background even if you have never used a wood carving tool before we have videos to help you develop the skill required for wood carving and lovespoon carving.

The Lovespoon Workshop is located in the centre of the small hamlet of Cold Inn. This evolved into carving individual Celtic Knots. To carve the spoon bowl a curved gouge is selected usually from various sizes and with the use of a mallet chips away at the wood with the grain.

Certain symbols came to have specific meanings. This Welsh love spoon with its love heart and celtic knotwork symbolises eternal love. I first started carving Welsh Love Spoons for our daughters wedding in 2008.