Not Your Momma's Kuksa

'Cause it's my momma's 😉  For Christmas I decided to try my hand at carving a Kuksa for my mom.  She makes yogurt and eats it every morning and I wanted to give her something nice to eat it from.  But she has several turned bowls I've made her and I wanted to do something a little different.  So I grabbed a hunk of Cherry and roughed out the shape on the bandsaw then I chucked it up on my lathe and wasted a lot of the inside away.  After that, I just went at it with knives until it looked and felt right.

I got a woodburner recently to use to add my maker's mark to small projects like this.  But I decided to add a little design to the handle.  I'm not sure what it is but there was a stencil for it with my burner and I thought it looked appropriate.  Finish was several coats of Tung oil.  It's water-tight as of now and I'm hoping the oil will keep it so for soup and yogurt and for washing.  Time will tell.

I have dabbled in spoon carving for a couple of years but throw away FAR more than I keep.  But I thought this little Walnut eating spoon turned out well so I included it.  Finish is the same on the spoon.  Both were made from wood from trees I felled on my property last year.  

Thanks for looking!  Comments and questions welcomed as always 😃