Salad Servers

I was trying to come up with a new piece to make which would not take as much time as a spoon but still be useful and artistic. 

Simple Salad Servers!

(Walnut and cherry)

(Curly, spalted maple)

Each server is hand rasped along the edges to make them smooth, and, just like the spoons and boards, I like to use my carving knife to widen the drilled hole for hanging.
  
Then they are sanded, sanded, sanded.....

The shimmery, striped, curly maple servers are from a maple tree about 20 minutes from my house. It is the most interesting wood I have worked with and is both curly and spalted. 

Curly maple is not a type of maple but a grain pattern that is found in some maples. The effect is a wave pattern that looks to be three dimensional and 'moves' as the wood is turned. 

It's possible that this is my favourite wood so far. Reminds me of something else I love...