kanevad... wow

ok, i have a healthy respect for the skill of woodworking because a good friend of mine, jim sannerud, does some awesome stuff with wood. he's always had high praise for the spooncarvers of sweden, so i'd always assumed they could do some pretty cool stuff. this is definitely more than i expected when i stumbled into kanevad in gamla linkoping (simply because it was one of the few places open on this chilly, snowy friday afternoon), i was amazed. here are some shots of things that made me say wow...

here are some kitchen utensils. pretty cool stuff.


now, here are some burls that are carved out. they look like mushrooms!


now... look at the combination, spoons carved in the same way as the burl. i don't remember if they were little burls or just carved out of big pieces of wood. either way, very cool. very.