David Western, prominent lovespoon artist and the author of The Fine Art of Carving Lovespoons, applies his knowledge, perspective and insight to give the reader an all-encompassing view of the history of heirloom lovespoons. Discover the significance of the symbols carved into almost every handle. Filled with rich, vivid photos and historical facts and legends.
The symbolic meaning of love, the hand crafted Welsh lovespoon handed to the dearest of people for the show of affection. Each owner had their own take on the spoon and that’s why in wales we have so many different variations. This is my take on the lovespoons, and forever remembered by immortalising them forever in this pattern. This is an inkjet print of my original digital drawing. *NOTE colours may vary slightly from different screens to paper A4 & A3 prints are shipped flat with a sturdy backing board in a clear wallet in a quality cardboard envelope selected to ensure your print arrives in prestige quality. Ideal for gifting without needing to frame first or handling while you choose your frame.
Learn to create beautiful lovespoons, hand-carved symbols of affection popular for centuries. This is the most thorough and detailed book available on the subject of lovespoon carving. Contains sections on the history of lovespoon carving, selecting woods, using and maintaining tools, applying long-lasting finishes as well as 3 step-by-step projects and 15 original patterns. Learn techniques to carve romantic gifts from a professional lovespoon artist. Included is a chapter on the history and symbolism of this captivating craft.
Welsh Lovespoons for Mother's Day Instead of flowers or chocolates as gifts for Mother's Day, why not give her something unique like the one of these beautifully handcrafted Welsh lovespoons. Chocolates are soon eaten and flowers fade away but a lovespoon can be hung on the wall and become a permanent reminder of your love for her. A beautiful love spoon hand carved from a single piece of bass wood, with roses, a heart, a twisted stem and heart-shaped bowl. The roses, of course, are the universal flower of love, as also is the heart. The twisted stem symbolises togetherness and the heart-shaped bowl of the spoon symbolises a wish for a life of plenty. This spoon is 26cm long.
Behold the Red Dragon of Wales, designed from a Welsh lovespoon and presented here as a bold graphic in dark dungeon form.
Siwd Mae! If you know anything about Wales you would have surely heard about our famous lovespoons, not only a historical token of love but in our eyes, a modern symbol of strength and togetherness in a complicated world. Welsh Love Spoons are a traditional symbol of love and affection that have been handed down from generation to generation in Wales. These hand-carved wooden spoons were originally given as gifts to sweethearts and were thought to bring good luck and prosperity to the recipient.
Handmade lovespoon inspired by welsh lovespoons. Heart shaped bowl - Full & bountiful life. Heart - Love. Wheel - Supporting a loved one.
Wales Clipart set/ Clip art for commercial use includes: Boy* Girl* Cawl * Celtic cross * Conwy Castle * Daffodil * Flag Wales* Harp * Leek * Map * Mount Snowdon * Pentre Ifan * Red kite * Rugby * Sheep * Welsh cake * Welsh Corgi * Welsh lovespoons. Total 18 color files + 18 black white. PNG format transparent background. 300 dpi. You'll like it! Christmas in Wales Clip Art All countries of the World Keywords: clipart, art, traditions, culture, country, clip art, England, Wales, for kids, set, commercial use, for teachers, bundle.
The giving of lovespoons dates back to the 17th Century. Traditionally, they we given by young men to young ladies in the hope that they would lead to courtship or engagement. If the young lady accepted the spoon she was accepting the young man's interest.
The lovespoon is a traditional craft that dates back to the seventeenth century. Over generations, decorative carvings were added to the spoon and it lost its original practical use and became a treasured decorative item to be hung on a wall. The lovespoon was given to a young woman by her suitor. It was important for the girl's father to see that the young man was capable of providing for the family and woodworking. Sailors would often carve lovespoons during their long journeys. The symbols used on this spoon have specific meanings: bells for marriage, hearts for love, etc. Other difficult carvings, such as chains, were as much a demonstration of the carver's skill as a symbolic meaning, Making this a great present for your significant other. This is a non functional spoon that has been hand-carved and finished with butcher block conditioner.
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Badge set include: Rainbow ‘Pride’ ‘Love is Love’ Rainbow Lovespoon illustration Measurement: 32mm
Hand carved from olive wood and polished with beeswax. The dragon and daffodil are both traditional Welsh symbols. Welsh Lovespoons are highly collectable and make a great gift for anyone of Welsh heritage both still in the UK or overseas. They are a lovely reminder of home. This particular lovespoon measures approx 26cm in length
Historically varied in design, the tradition of carving and offering a lovespoon is said to date back centuries. The spoon is primarily represented as a token of love for another and was traditionally carved from a single piece of wood. The Trinity Knot is a true Celtic design with different meanings but commonly identified as being symbolic of having no beginning and no end. The pendant measures 38mm long x 9mm wide and includes the finest made sterling silver 16” to 18” extender curb chain. Beautiful as a gift to the one you love or equally as a gift for yourself! Ships from the UK.
Carving lovespoons has its risks. The lovespoon art form has one rule that makes for danger throughout the carving process. The ‘carved from a single piece’ rule means that breakages require re-design or starting over. I have had a fair share ( though it never feels fair ) of these re-starts due to breakages. This time while carving the Dragon Lovespoon from a nice, thicker than usual piece of New South Wales Rosewood and having added some chain links to the design because the timber blank was long enough to allow their inclusion. And why waste it?.. You are probably guessing where I am going with this. The carver’s ‘trick’ of carving chain links adds to the risk when carving a lovespoon because of the necessary presence of short grain at the top and bottom of each link making breakage an ever present danger. For this reason carving chain links needs special care and cannot be rushed. There isn’t that much of a trick to it really, it just means slow, careful working. I usually carve the ‘risky’ elements first when carving a lovespoon and in this case I did carve the links first. The thickness of the blank facilitated the process and all went well. The successfully carved chain links New South Wales Rosewood is a timber I have become quite familiar with and moving down to hollowing out the bowl the timber carved crisply, even at the very bottom of the bowl’s inside curve, where some tear out often needs to be dealt with by deft slicing cuts slightly across the grain. This particular piece of timber also had an attractive colour variation running through the left hand third of the blank, some subtle yellowish streaks. Sound Timber to carve inside the bowl After roughing out quite a bit of the design and establishing some levels with the dragon. Then trying some details on the dragon head l began to reduce the level of material on the left of the blank across to the location of the initials. Some detail on the dragon head begun The chain links carved , the bowl mostly shaped inside and out and some progress on the dragon Only gradually did I notice a shift in the timber’s composition, increasing in softness across the blank. Only gradually did I feel there might be a problem. As I continued to work finding the softness turn to flakey, crumbling regions right through the whole timber thickness. Only gradually did it become apparent that a re-start would be necessary. There was no sickening crack that spelled disaster this time, just a slow realisation. The flakey crumbling portion I know that timber can be effectively stabilised with CA glue impregnating but this would require huge amounts and could affect the finish in an adverse way. So I now have a thinner blank cut on the scroll saw ready for carving. The addition of chain links to the original design has been retained and this time from a piece of American curly cherry which I am fairly certain is sound through out. Outline of new carving blank cut on scroll saw from American curly cherry
A free storycard telling the history & meanings is included with each lovespoon. Each Lovespoon in this Collection is available in either the dark or light wood.
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Although most of my lovespoons tend to feature the famous Celtic knotwork of the British Insular period, I have recently started paying m...
Welsh Lovespoons - each collection is the work of a different carver individually and expertly hand carved. Choose from many quality designs.
'Cymru' - The Welsh name for 'Wales'. A quirky colourful sampler incorporating our bespoke lettering. The word 'Cymru' is surrounded by glorious daffodils, a Welsh lovespoon, a rugby ball and of course a Welsh heart. 'Cymru' - sampler cyfoes lliwgar yn cynnwys ein llythrenwaith unigryw. Eistedda'r gair 'Cymru' ymysg cenhinen pedr, llwy garu, pêl rygbi a chalon Gymreig. Designed to be embroidered on antique white 14 count aida fabric using DMC stranded cotton . CHART ONLY PACK £8.00 Includes: Colour printed chart of design, thread specification sheet and instructions. COUNTED CROSS STITCH £22.00 KIT Includes: Zweigart 14ct Antique White aida fabric, DMC threads loaded onto a thread card, needle, colour chart and thread specification sheet as above. Stitches used: whole cross stitch, backstitch and a single french knot. Stitch Count: 134 stitches wide x 58 stitches high. The finished stitched size on 14ct antique white aida is 9 1/2” x 4 1/2” (24cm wide x 11cm high). You are purchasing the cross stitch pattern or kit to create the design and not the stitched sampler. The image shows how the design would look when stitched. The finished sampler could be made into a cushion or framed. copyright © 2020 Nia Rhind - Nia Cross Stitch Please note that Nia Cross Stitch patterns are for personal use only therefore copying or distributing a pattern is strictly forbidden as the design and pattern is copyright protected.
Behold the Red Dragon of Wales, designed from a Welsh lovespoon and presented here as a bold graphic in the national banner colors.
Love spoon Wedding favours for your Wedding Day. Romantic hand carved miniature Welsh love spoon favours make the perfect gift.
'Cymru' - The Welsh name for 'Wales'. A quirky colourful sampler incorporating our bespoke lettering. The word 'Cymru' is surrounded by glorious daffodils, a Welsh lovespoon, a rugby ball and of course a Welsh heart. 'Cymru' - sampler cyfoes lliwgar yn cynnwys ein llythrenwaith unigryw. Eistedda'r gair 'Cymru' ymysg cenhinen pedr, llwy garu, pêl rygbi a chalon Gymreig. Designed to be embroidered on antique white 14 count aida fabric using DMC stranded cotton . CHART ONLY PACK £8.00 Includes: Colour printed chart of design, thread specification sheet and instructions. COUNTED CROSS STITCH £22.00 KIT Includes: Zweigart 14ct Antique White aida fabric, DMC threads loaded onto a thread card, needle, colour chart and thread specification sheet as above. Stitches used: whole cross stitch, backstitch and a single french knot. Stitch Count: 134 stitches wide x 58 stitches high. The finished stitched size on 14ct antique white aida is 9 1/2” x 4 1/2” (24cm wide x 11cm high). You are purchasing the cross stitch pattern or kit to create the design and not the stitched sampler. The image shows how the design would look when stitched. The finished sampler could be made into a cushion or framed. copyright © 2020 Nia Rhind - Nia Cross Stitch Please note that Nia Cross Stitch patterns are for personal use only therefore copying or distributing a pattern is strictly forbidden as the design and pattern is copyright protected.
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FEATURES Saluting the Best By Mindy Kinsey Announcing the winners of the 2012 Best Carving Design Contest 2012 Woodcarver of the Year: By Bob Duncan Honoring the flat-plane carving pioneer for keeping a dying art alive Gifts for Carvers A handy guide to popular gifts for the carvers on your list PROJECTS Learn to Carve Low Relief By Chris Pye These progressively harder projects teach basic relief techniques Creating a Layered Relief Carving By Wayne Culley Combine individually carved layers to add depth and dimension to your work Unique Bark Houses in the Round By Rick Jensen New technique combines two pieces of bark to create freestanding carvings Whittling Lovespoons By David Western Quick and easy project makes a meaningful gift for a loved one Quick & Easy Ark Animals By Tom Hindes Use one technique to power-carve an assortment of animals two by two Creating a Tricky Troll By Floyd Rhadigan Crafty caricature hides a sinister surprise Making a Caricature Amish Man By Don Dearolf Learn to carve this iconic figure in 20 steps Quick-Carve Pumpkin House By Tim Jackson and Dennis Cabot Simple steps turn a bark house into a festive jack o’lantern Carving a Caricature Canine By Lori Dickie Use a premade blank and simple cuts to carve this adorable dog TECHNIQUES Carving a Woman’s Eyes By Ian Norbury Learn to carve these difficult but expressive features Using a Carving Arm By Laverne “Sid” Sidler How – and why – to attach a project to a carving arm
Description BeaverCraft is a small manufacturer that has been producing well-made yet inexpensive carving tools in Kyiv, Ukraine, since 2014. Despite the enormous challenges they face operating in a war zone, they continue to build both their product line and their reputation among woodcarvers. With this kit, you can carve a form of centuries-old Celtic folk art known as a lovespoon, a decorative wooden spoon carved with a distinctive interlaced handle design, which was traditionally given as a token of affection. The kit comes with a 1" radius hook knife, a sloyd-style knife with a 2 1/4" blade, a 7 3/4" × 3" × 1" roughed-out linden spoon blank, a carving pattern, sharpening abrasive, honing compound and a leather strop, a roll of high-friction guard tape to protect fingers and improve grip, a pencil and an instruction booklet. To supplement the illustrated instructions, the kit includes a link to an online video showing every step. Supplied sharpened and honed, ready for use, the high-carbon steel knife blades make precise, controlled cuts; with a little regular edge maintenance, they should continue to yield good results for years to come. Not available for shipment to Quebec.
Welsh dragon love spoon Approximately 22cm x 7cm x 1cm Wooden carved with Welsh dragon, hearts together, ribbon and Celtic knotwork Oak Wood Polished in plant-based wax polish Made in Wales Quality card gift box available Comes with tag with a brief history and explanations of popular lovespoon symbols
