Tea Scoops by Samorost

Gorgeous tea pot by talented Jan Pavek. He dig his clay himself, fired in anagama kiln, glaze is from the ash from the fire, unglazed inside - 60 ml. Really happy with this one, joy to use. lovely pitcher

Just wanted to share another oak scoop that I made recently. This wood comes from a giant and a very old tree. Particularly beautiful here is two layer structure and the crack. oak wood tea pillow...although the wood is very old and heavily weathered, top surface could have been polished and looks great...shellac resin and tea seeds oil treated...I am very happy with this one lovely grain on this beech wood

...in the process of testing another wood for the tea bridge. I thing that this one goes really good with this tea boat as for the color concern. I also like how the color match with the teapot's handle, really enjoy using this one made by Andrzej Bero. Buckthorn wood is used here, in love with this one. It is a hard wood and the grain is just fantastic. I have recently collected quite a lot of this wood as they cut down a tree in the near orchard and I was able to stock some branches from it. I am very happy about this. Beautiful tea boat is work of Mirka Randova.

Some time ago I bought bog oak wood from Lithuania. I made some chashaku from this timber earlier. Time has come to make a scoop from it. This particular timber is on the soft side of the spectrum as for the hardness is concern but the wood is very beautiful and this should not be problem for caring person. This piece of wood has a live edges which I preserved and just enhanced with steel brush. I like how the profile came out and again as before I would like to mimic this in the future. Working with bog oak is quite like working with coal, it has similar smell and you have black dust everywhere :) another scoop from different timber

Another beautiful example of the local bog oak from Olomouc. This one has brown-grey to green color. Amazing! Two different pieces pictured.

First few chashaku from the bog oak. This wood comes from Lithuania.

Another tea scoop from the water and time influenced wood. Naturally darkened spruce from the old forest pond. The wood is quite soft but very beautiful. before applying shelac and oil