I saw this neato magazine in the waiting room at the physical therapy place last week. It’s called Reminisce Magazine and it’s all about the good ol’ days, articles about being a kid in the 1940’s, photos of strange, no-longer-used items, lots of photos of people. I was happy to find the magazine yesteray at Books A Million and picked up a copy. There are so many neat things in there to draw. This spoon I drew was a photo sent in by a reader for this section of the magaizine where you send in a photo and description of an item if you don’t know what it is or what it was used for, in hopes that someone will write in and fill you in. This twisted spoon caught my eye. Until someone writes in w/ an answer (IF anyone does) I can’t tell you what it was used for!
I like this drawing a lot and may do it again, but spend more time on it. This was a quick sketch, I did two sketches in the Books A Million cafe yesterday. Looking at the EDM list, I see it qualifies for "spoon" (#94), "something antique (#21) and "something metallic" (#32). Oh, and this was done in my new Lama Li sketchbook that I had bought at the same time.
kw: twisted spoon, artwork, drawing, sketch, sketchbook, pencil, lama li, not moleskine


Hi! Nice sketch! I also wonder what it must’ve been used for. Perhaps you had to pass your index finger through the loop to grab it tight. perhaps designed for children or people with muscles problems who coldn’t hold a spoon. I want to know!!!
Comment by Martín — Mon., May. 7, '07 @ 6:42 pm
It might be modified for a baby spoon …we have one around one of our houses with a similar twist to it…so you could stick a finger thru it and hold on to it…nice job bytw:>
Comment by margaret Hunt — Mon., May. 7, '07 @ 6:45 pm
Great job on the cool spoon! Great shading and shaping. Let us know when you find out what it was used for. Cheers!
Comment by Mariana — Tue., May. 8, '07 @ 9:51 am
A curious spoon, pookie art.
Maybe someone twisted it up and made it into a lovely shape.
They sell mobiles at the markets here, made from old spons that have been hammered and bent out of shape.
I always feel sorry for a spoon that has been so bashed up.
Yours is a nice spoon though. Keep drawing!
Comment by fifi — Tue., May. 8, '07 @ 6:25 pm
Love your drawings! You would love atcs (artist trading cards). I collected about 40 at artiscape which is an art retreat… I loved it. check out http://www.atcards.com/?
see you at edm
Comment by Valerie — Tue., May. 8, '07 @ 6:57 pm
Very cool drawing and interesting spoon.
Comment by Jana Bouc — Tue., May. 15, '07 @ 10:56 pm
Hmmm. Not sure if my comment went through. Well I’ll try again. Great drawing and interesting perspective on a spoon.
Comment by Jana Bouc — Tue., May. 15, '07 @ 10:57 pm