My love spoon x

I have decided to make my lovespoon out of pine wood. My reasons for this are that it is a hard wood so it will carve well and pine is very good for decorating which means it will also be easy to varnish. I have designed four loves spoons and in the end the love spoon I have decided to make is two of the sketches combined. My reasons for this was that one sketch was very easy to carve but not that pretty, the other was that it was a pretty love spoon but too difficult for me to carve. Therefore, I have made my final design pretty but still relatively straight-forward to carve. I have also incorporated a daffodil onto my love spoon as it is a welsh emblem so will represent north wales even more. I will make my love spoon by first of all drawing my design onto the pine wood. I will then clamp the wood and cut out the shape using an electric scroll saw. I will then smooth the edges using sandpaper. Next, I will chisel out the 'bowl' of the spoon before sanding it down to make it smooth. Then I will use the drill and electric scroll saw again to put the keyhole in the top of the love spoon so taht it will hang. Finally, I will burn on the pattern of the spoon and the daffodil using a wood burning pen before varnishing the spoon. Wish me luck! xxxx