Spoon Project

I'm really excited to forge a spoon. I've learned so much about moving metal in metalsmithing this year. The cold forging techniques are really valuable to know and I find them really fun to do. (we'll see if I still say that after the project :P) My idea for the spoon is to have little cartoon-esque birds sitting on the handle. I want it to be more of a whimsical piece rather than realistic. I have this very cool piece of a stick that has a lot of movement that I want to cast for the handle and then attach my forged spoon ladle to it. Hopefully everything works out. I bought laquer to prepare the stick for casting and I'm currently working on carving the birds. So much to do, so little time!