To help folk see the cross section of a spoon I carved one of basswood - then split it in two (above 3 pics) - so now you can see inside a spoon's structure.

This page is for those who have our spoon carving package. I scanned these pictures of spoons I have carved using the same blanks you have. The first pictures show 3 shape variations in the stage of a nearly completed spoon - ready for sanding. You recieved both basswood and birch blanks, Carve the basswood first, it is the softest and easiest to carve, (but it cannot be used as a spoon, solely for decoration ) I included the basswood as a good learning tool.

One technique to practice in the first roughing out stage of the spoon bowl is to carve cross grain ( the cutting edge exacatly parrallel to the fibers)

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