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David Western Lovespoons

I handcarve stunning wooden lovespoons to custom commission. All my lovespoons are completely handcarved by me.

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My lovespoons are the perfect gift for an engagement, wedding, anniversary or other occassion when only the very best will do! I do not make use of computer or laser guided cutters in any way. Each of my spoons is a work of finest craftsmanship and design which will bring a lifetime of pleasure.

05/14/2026

Some very simple and very old school traditional style Welsh lovespoons. These are what they would have looked like in the old days before they got modernized for the tourist industry. They're all for sale so let me know if one catches your eye!

05/05/2026

I've made some ornate and really over the top spoons during my long career, but I have to confess that this simple little series of spoons carved from a salvaged furniture offcut is one of my favourites. I basically just sawed a chunk into four slices, then carved a simple bowl and fretted a little heart on each. I left the wood's fabulous spalting and figure to do all the talking!

05/02/2026

Lovespoons don't always have to be over the top. Even the simplest designs can pack a punch if they are made with some heart. These are some of the spoons I've made my wife over the years. A couple are old school and pretty basic. The others are a little more 'out there'. They all tell her I love her!

04/30/2026

I've been waiting a long time for a design idea to pop up worthy of use on this SPECTACULAR piece of old-growth Douglas fir. I've had it in my shop for a number of years ever since it was salvaged from salvage! One day very soon, wood like this will be extinct and the only way to find it will be in reclaimed wood from old bridges and buildings. There's probably a thousand years of history bound up in this gorgeous little piece. Hopefully, I can give it a couple more before it winds up in a landfill or compost pile.

04/28/2026

I miss my carving companion more than I can put into words. He was definitely the best shop mate a lovespoon carver could ever wish for! And yes, it's true, dogs and their people DO get to looking alike!

04/26/2026

I've carved a LOT of lovespoons during my long career...well over a thousand I would think. Of all those, I think the baby/Christening type spoons have (as a subgenre of general lovespoon carving) become my absolute favourite spoons to create. I love their joyousness. From my first little copy of an antique Welsh 'Birth' Spoon through to the 'story on a handle' spoons I have become known for, these little spoons announce a new life in a way very few other things can!!!

04/07/2026

I've been carving lovespoons a very long time now and am never tired of it. I may have been pretty s**t at all my other careers, but lovespoon carving is something I can get behind! There is literally no end to the possibilities and every day brings a new challenge or discovery!

04/06/2026

Appropriately for Easter Monday, this is my 'Resurrection' spoon. Once the cover spoon for a Lee Valley Tools catalog, this spoon has been broken and repaired 3 times... and since I just snapped it again taking this pic...make that 4 times. Although it can never be sold, it brings me a certain pleasure every time I fix it AND it serves as a constant reminder to always consider structural integrity as an equal to artistic license!!

04/05/2026

In the fabulous lovespoon collection of the National History Museum of Wales are a couple of absolutely massive and very mysterious panel style lovespoons. Originally carved from massive blocks of timber (probably at least 3-4 inches thick) and ranging in length from about 20inchs to 36+ inches, they are decorated with all manner of unusual piercings. I made a version of one of the smallest of them from 1 inch thick timber of about 17inches long. Although I took some pleasure from figuring out a couple of the mystery piercings, I'm doubt I'd be keen to try one of the big ones any time soon. (kitchen spoon for scale)

04/03/2026

Way back at the dawn of time, when I began taking lovespoon carving seriously, I made this little set of very modern panel style Welsh lovespoons. They are flat and boring, BUT, I did come out of it with a couple of useful ideas that have served me well over the ensuing years. Every effort is a worthwhile effort and every mistake leads to improvement!!

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