--- product_id: 51915561 title: "Spoon: A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture" price: "R257" currency: ZAR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/51915561-spoon-a-guide-to-spoon-carving-and-the-new-wood store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Spoon: A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture **Price:** R257 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Spoon: A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture - **How much does it cost?** R257 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/51915561-spoon-a-guide-to-spoon-carving-and-the-new-wood) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this fully illustrated and beautiful guide to our most functional utensil--the spoon--a master craftsman shares his life's work: designing and carving exquisite, functional wooden spoons from branches and logs using time-honored woodworking skills and techniques. The simple, ordinary spoon is part of our everyday lives, from stirring our first cup of coffee to the long slurp of soup poured with a ladle to scraping the last bit of pudding from the bowl. Barn the Spoon is a master craftsman in the rarified art of spoon carving and a thoughtful proponent of the new wood culture renaissance. His love, care, and passion for wooden spoons is genuine and infectious. In Spoon he brings unparalleled color and character to his role as one of the world's most respected spoon carvers and shares the extraordinary skill and gentle philosophy he applies to his life's work. Barn shows how to use the axe and knife, from how they should feel in your hand to honing the perfect edge when carving your own spoons. Featuring sixteen unique designs in the four main categories of spoon--eating, serving, cooking, and measuring--Barn takes you through the nuances of their making, how each design is informed by its function at the table or in the kitchen, and the key skills you will learn. Stunning photography on nearly every page both inspires and acts as a blueprint to help perfect your technique. A celebration of the ordinary transformed into the extraordinary, Barn's spoons take you on a journey into the new wood culture, from understanding the relationship among wood, the raw material, and its majestic origins in our trees and woodland, to the workshop and the axe block, and into your own kitchen. This gorgeous, full-color book is the perfect gift for the home chef, woodcarver, crafter, collector, artist, escapist urbanite, or anyone harboring dreams of a self-sufficient lifestyle. Review: Nicely made book - This is a really nice book on spoon carving by the excellent Barn, al round good guy and leading light in the spoon carving community. Lovely illustrations and good information on how to carve some of his best. For templates and more detailed information you will need to join his club though. Essential reading for anyone keen to know more about greenwood spoon carving. Review: Excellent descriptions that make recreating the spoons fairly straightforward. - Brilliant. I have created most of these spoons based on the very clear instructions. Barn-the-Spoon's own life story is inspirational. Also interesting are the historical contexts surrounding wooden spoons and vessels in Britain's medieval history. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 3,867,430 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 78 in Craft Carving 218 in Woodworking 120,507 in Food & Drink (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 602 Reviews | ## Images ![Spoon: A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71pb95rsJTL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nicely made book *by A***R on 20 April 2026* This is a really nice book on spoon carving by the excellent Barn, al round good guy and leading light in the spoon carving community. Lovely illustrations and good information on how to carve some of his best. For templates and more detailed information you will need to join his club though. Essential reading for anyone keen to know more about greenwood spoon carving. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent descriptions that make recreating the spoons fairly straightforward. *by M***E on 19 September 2025* Brilliant. I have created most of these spoons based on the very clear instructions. Barn-the-Spoon's own life story is inspirational. Also interesting are the historical contexts surrounding wooden spoons and vessels in Britain's medieval history. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you carve spoons this is the must have book *by N***N on 30 May 2017* I have read a number of books in this area and this is by far the best. Older books cover the grips but this is a modern book with good photos. I have met Barn and clearly he is without doubt one of the world experts on carving wooden spoons. That does not mean the book will be good but it is well written, has good photos and even like the physical binding that is better than normal. Great that he does not resort to telling you how to use sandpaper like some books do in this area. Also has useful section on spoon design that I liked as a more experienced carver looking for new ideas --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/51915561-spoon-a-guide-to-spoon-carving-and-the-new-wood](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/51915561-spoon-a-guide-to-spoon-carving-and-the-new-wood) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Africa* *Store origin: ZA* *Last updated: 2026-10-28*