With some trepidation my next step of negotiating the end of the bowl and width of the handle. I wanted to keep it looking consistent in surface widths and frankly I was worried of chiseling away too much by mistake and messing up the look of the piece.
This step also involved some sanding experiments to see how I looked finished surfaces.
Sanding and chiseling the curve of the bowl. I had to imagine how the outside of the bowl finishes and went with something slim and smooth, which will be more obvious in other progression photos. I didn’t want the bowl part of the spoon to be too heavy as well so I tested handling as I sanded down for a more balanced feel.
Now that the bowl is basically in its final shape minus sanding finish, I went to work on the neck and handle. I was nervous again about taking away too much material and having a weak neck that could snap under use but I also wanted it to look elegant so this process was time consuming. Then when I felt the look matched the strength I went to chiseling more aggressively and sanding down the handle to the drawn lines.