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Spoons: EDM #94

Spoon - EDM 94

Watercolor, Noodlers Ink, and a dab of ProWhite in 9×12″ Aquabee Sketchbook
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This week’s Everyday Matters challenge is “Spoon.” The large pink-handled cooking spoon and the tablespoon with the dull black plastic handle are the last remaining implements from my mother’s early 1960s kitchen complete with built in pink electric oven and stove. When half the pink handle broke off the big spoon I was sad, but it actually created a handy edge for propping it in pots. I use the black-handled tablespoon for everything I eat with a spoon. I love the way the handle feels in my hand and the way it holds just the right amount of cereal and milk. The slotted spoon is a good sturdy tool that’s always handy for serving veges.

The big wirey spoon is great for draining and lifting out a whole potful of raviolis like I did tonight. I used to use a special plastic pasta tool, part spoon and part fork, for that purpose but it now serves a different purpose. I slip it horizontally between the two handles of kitchen cabinet doors to keep the cats out of the trash. I’d first tried to install baby safety locks on that cabinet, but the instructions were impossible and I’m hopeless when it comes to measuring. I always end up skipping the ruler and trying to eyeball things, which never works. I got the little plastic hooky thingy in the wrong place, and then stripped the screw when trying to remove it, so now it is a permanent feature of my cabinet door, hanging there limply to remind me of my failure.

Anyway, these are all good sturdy tools that may be homely but they do their jobs well!

22 replies on “Spoons: EDM #94”

A lovely still life. That blue with that particular yellow is so pretty. And the shadows in the metal of the pink spoon are delicious. I know what you mean about how the spoon holds just the right amount. Funny how simple tools can be so tactile and pleasurable.

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Ooh I love this! Great job with the colours, with the shine, and with getting the orange in between the mesh!! What a beautiful cheery, warm picture to wake up to.

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Hi Jana, thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments! I’m glad to see you’ve posted a few more illustrations since I was here last. I love the spoons and the kiwis! The armadillo and the coat rack are nice as well. I love your line work! I’ve never heard of Noodlers Ink…gonna try some now!! Take care, keep creating 🙂

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happy thanksgiving Jana! wow the colors here are terrific, they do indeed “sing”, I like this very much.

yes I think you would like the pbs series I saw on dvd, Art:21, I was introduced to a lot of artists whose work I didn’t know, I was hoping for more “drawers” but even though there were few it was eye-opening to see so many different ways of creating and listen to the artists talk about their work and process.

and definitely look for the Warhol when it comes out on dvd, part one is fascinating, part two very disturbing.

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i really like the colours, they feel very mediterranean, it could have come straight from a provencal table. It must take a lot of patience to do that big thing, the big wirey spoon thing.

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Jana, I am *so* drawn to this piece. it’s gorgeous…I’ve come back to visit probably four or five times since the first time it came up on my feedburner email.

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