Every piece has a history.
Keep it here.
What you've worked. What you've found.
The log you split. The spoon it became. The tree you passed on the way home.
Journal
Photos and a note, piece and species when you want them, kept private.
- A photo and a note
- Log to billet to piece
- Day by day
- Just the record
Field
Pin a tree with photos, a guess at the species, and a short note, shared with other carvers.
- On the map
- A guess at the species
- Notes from any carver
From tree to piece
A log becomes billets. A billet becomes a spoon. Each step keeps what came before it.
Photograph the log where it fell. Note the species when you know it, or a guess when you don't. Split it, and the billets carry the log with them. Carve one, and the finished piece still points back to the tree.
Years later the record is still there.
The wood you work
Birch, cherry, maple, alder, walnut, apple. Green or seasoned. Whatever the log turned out to be.
A note in your journal and a pin on the map can each carry a species, or none at all. The list is shared, with genus and family behind each name. When a name is missing, suggest it.
Questions
- Is it private?
- The journal is yours. Nothing in it is shared unless you pin it to the field.
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. If it has helped, you can send something toward the hours behind it.
- Do I need to know the species?
- No. A guess is enough, and other carvers can weigh in.