Thank you.

International? International treasure.

Hi Melanie, thanks for the positive feedback. It's a lovely tradition that we are fortunate to be involved with. Thank you for supporting our KZfaq channel, all the best from us all here at The Lovespoon Workshop. 👍👍

Thank you for the positive feedback. Hopefully it helps anyone interested in starting to make Welsh lovespoons to give it a go.

@@DailovespoonsThomas im sure it will i have been making spoons for a while now and its all usefull for me

You're welcome Colin. Hoping to get some more videos uploaded soon. Let us know if you have anything specific you would like to see us make or explain. Thanks again, kindest regards Dai 'lovespoons' Thomas.

Julian Jones Hi Julian, Thank you for commenting on our video. Glad you enjoyed it. The skills you will have acquired making greenwood spoons are 100% transferable to making lovespoons. It will give you a massive head start because you will already have knowledge of the tools and material. In regards to holding your lovespoon to make it, many people carve their lovespoons using this method and you can produce some amazing results. Ourselves, we have always worked in seasoned wood and secured the lovespoon using a vice or clamp but the beauty of the lovespoon tradition is that it will adapt to how you want to make your lovespoon. As mentioned in the video there are no rules you need to put in your way, just get carving and enjoy the process of making your own Welsh lovespoons. We hope you enjoy making your lovespoons kindest regards from the Thomas family at The Lovespoon Workshop.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed. Great name for the lovespoon and great to hear from you too. Thanks for getting in touch and supporting our KZfaq channel. All the best from us all here at The Lovespoon Workshop. 👍👍

Sounds good Marty, always great to have a method to hold whatever you're working on. 👍

Hi James, great to hear from you. That is indeed a method that we use on a regular basis. I haven't done a video that focuses solely upon this method. However it is demonstrated on many of our more recent demonstrations. To exain the basic process, we prepare the wood by sanding it flat and wetting it with a watered-down pva solution. We then put pva glue on the back of the paper design, stick it onto the wood, flattening the design down using the same brush we used to put the glue on the design. Following on from this we wait for the glue to dry and proceed to cut out and carve the lovespoon. Hope that gives an insight into the process. Thanks again for supporting our KZfaq channel. All the best from us all here at The Lovespoon Workshop. 👍👍

@@DailovespoonsThomas thank you for clarifying that in my mind.

@@jamescaid2867 you're very welcome James. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you again for supporting our KZfaq channel. All the best from us all here at The Lovespoon Workshop.

Hi Joe, thanks for getting in touch. Delighted to hear that you are having a go at making lovespoons again it is a lovely process. The great thing with Welsh lovespoons and the tradition is that there are very few rules and regulations, if you want to carve all sides etc do it and if you only want to carve one side do that instead. Here at The Lovespoon Workshop we handcarve a wide variety of lovespoons and most are handcarved with the focus upon the front because they are often hung on the wall and hence lay flat. It also comes down to cost for the customer, when asked about why we don't carve the back to the same degree as the front it is usually down to the fact that the customer doesn't want to pay for the extra work that they won't take too much notice of. It can mean a £50 bespoke lovespoon will cost £100 to make due to the extra work. When it comes to design, the lack of rules and regulations in the lovespoon tradition allow you to get really creative. I have requests for all sorts of things and you can develop some really unique ideas. If you are interested I can do a video focused upon designing and upload it in the next week or so. Thanks again for your questions, would love to hear about any projects you have a go at. Happy lovespoon carving, kindest regards Dai 'lovespoons' Thomas and family.

Dai 'lovespoons' Thomas Thanks Dai. I would love to see a video on designing a spoon. I like the way you remind everyone that there are no rules on how to make a spoon. When I first started carving some Greenwood spoons, it seemed that there was a consciences that you needed to use only a sloyd knife and an axe. It felt stressful and was not fun, so therefore I stopped doing them. Anyway, thanks again, and look forward to seeing a video on design. Thanks again. Joe

I will do that video for you soon Joe. Wood carving shouldn't be stressful, it should be great fun. We're all different and one technique that works for one person might not work for others. I was lucky to grow up around our family workshop, dad taught me how to do everything in a technically correct way but usually it just didn't work for me. So I did what works best for me. He still tells me I am doing it wrong!! Haha but it doesn't really matter. It's a personal journey and we all need to find what works best for ourselves as individuals. On my journey in hand carving Welsh lovespoons I learnt how to do most things correctly by doing them incorrectly first. It worked for me. Hope you enjoy making some more lovespoons, it is a lovely tradition that allows you to put a little story into what you create. Thank you again, kindest regards Dai 'lovespoons' Thomas and family.

Dai 'lovespoons' Thomas Thanks Dai. I feel the same as you, and am trying to find what works for me. I look forward to the video and I’ll keep you posted through instagram or your website. I am @joeeads71 on instagram if your interested.

@@joeeads6958 hi Joe I had a look through your Instagram. Some lovely woodwork you have done. I love the finish on the spoons and "spurtle' the Scots would be proud to use that to stir their porridge!! From what I saw you should definitely stick to your own style and method because your work is very good. I will do that design video for you because I would love to see you make more lovespoons. It would be interesting to see your take on the Welsh lovespoon tradition because you can use it to tell your own story. (put a message in your work) Thanks for getting in contact, always great to hear from fellow wood carvers. Keep us posted on what you are doing. Thank you again, kindest regards Dai 'lovespoons' Thomas.

You're welcome, thanks for supporting our KZfaq channel. All the best from us all here at The Lovespoon Workshop. 👍👍

Hi John, hope the video was useful. All the best from us all here at The Lovespoon Workshop. 👍👍