Japanese Spoon Carving Kit

Oakland-based designer Melanie Abrantes has quite literally carved herself a reputation as one of the hot new names in creative woodwork. The author of “Carve: A Simple Guide to Whittling” has collaborated with a traditional wood-tooling workshop in Japan to create this wood carving kit aimed at beginners.

The kit contains two spoon blanks made from Japanese Cypress wood, a spoon gouge, straight chisel and angled chisel, handwritten instructions, wood butter, sandpaper and a plaster (ya know, just in case). All packaged in a cypress wood carry case.