All of my best kuksa cups

These are all the cups I have available to buy except the last one; I put it up so people can see the design and might want to order one. Contact me for more information.

This kuksa is my largest, its made from sweet cherry wood, and it fits 2.5 (20 fl.oz) cups of liquid.

This kuksa is carved from black cherry, there is a tooled finish on the inside, and it fits 2 (16 fl. oz.) cups of liquid.

This kuksa is carved from fast-grown sweet chestnut, it fits 1.5 cups (12 fl. oz.) of liquid.

This kuksa is carved from birch, it has a leaf-design handle, and holds 1.25 cups (10 fl. oz.) of liquid.

This kuksa is also carved from birch wood, it holds the same amount as the one above.

This one is carved from willow wood for a friend of mine, i engraved his name into it and my initials. It holds 1.75 cups (14 fl. oz.) of liquid.

Soup/Cereal Set

This was the first bowl that I carved, It is made from birch and is about 5 inches in diameter. The reason why it looks darker than it should is because I put it in the freezer overnight to keep from cracking. The spoon is carved from some sweet cherry wood. Contact me if you are interested in buying this set.

Sweet chestnut kuksas

I decided to try out making a cup from some really fast grown sweet chestnut that was otherwise going to be thrown into the firewood pile. As you can see, the tree was about 8 years old.

here the cup is all roughed out

I took my first kuksa ever and tried to recreate it.

Here is one roughed out and the other awaiting a handle.

A black cherry cup

Beginning of another cherry cup, the first cherry cut is from sweet cherry and the new one is from black cherry.

Here is the new cup all roughed out except the inside.

The cup all sanded up and awaiting to be finished with salad bowl finish. Also carved my initials into the bottom.

The handle of the cup with chip carving around the border. The inside was bloddy hard to carve but i managed it. I left a tooled finish on the inside because I didn't feel like sanding for hours! HAHA

Carving a willow kuksa for a friend

I had a request from a friend to carve him a kuksa for drinking tea in; he is a big fan of tea. So after searching the internet for a style of cup that he liked, we settled on this. 

This is the cup that I found

Here is the chunk of willow that I'll be using, it is a nice mix of sap and heartwood.

After cutting out the profile with a bandsaw in shop, I started carving it and rounding it off. Of course, I changed the design a bit to make it hold more liquid and carved the handle to my liking.

Here the cup is all finished and now has to dry for a week.

Carving a large birch wood bowl

This wood came from a tree in my backyard that was broken by a falling oak. I cut it up and decided to make a few bowls; here's the process >

Here is the split log section chopped then planed flat with a hand plane.
Then I traced a plastic bowl with a sharpie marker.

Here I am using a laplander folding saw to cut away the waste wood.

Here is the waste all cut off.

Here I rounded of the bottom of the bowl with an axe first and then a carving knife.

I had to move in because it was getting dark out. I'm halfway through the bowl at this point.

Here is the bowl on top of the huge pile of shavings from hollowing. I really need to save up some money for an  adze! this took me 3 hours to hollow out.