The spoon project was very fun to dip back into metalsmithing techniques. My first idea of what type of spoon I should created moved me to ice cream and cooking utensils. I wanted a spoon I could personally eat with for ice cream. Originally I wanted to design a big bowl, but I narrowed my single serving size to eat with. Slightly crooked and pretty like my smile. This spoon is designed like a vanity mirror to check your teeth when eating to dig out the fillers and extra food that gets stuck in between. My inspiration stemmed from stylized fancy spoons originally in the Victorian era with decorative elements such as crystals. I didn't set a stone, so I bezel set a mirror to still include a fancy element that is shiny and continually looked at. I also added curved edges to create a spork to catch the chunky accents that are also found in ice cream for interest of taste.
Below is my original inspiration statement.
Kaze Yisrael
Jewelry Design 431
Flatware Inspo
Tara Nahabetian
I love big rounded spoons with space to accumulate volume and large chunks of cereal. Big ice cream
spoons are the perfect style of the spoons I enjoy using, so I would like to emulate one of my own
design. Depending on how much mold I have from my silver I may make a baby spoon. With a designed
handle and very rounded eating section. I may set some stones and design a pattern in the handle to
keep my kaleidoscopic theme.
French Sterling Silver Vermeil Ice Cream Spoons – 1stdibs.com https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/silver-
flatware-silverplate/dinnerware-flatware/french-all-sterling-silver-vermeil-ice-cream-spoons-12pc-
rococo/id-j_107916/
American Antique Sterling Silver Assembled bright-cut flatware
Spencermarks.com – Item code: F5100 https://www.spencermarks.com/items/f5100.html
Crystal ice cream spoon – AliExpress.com royal luxury vintage palace carved crystal head coffee tea ice
cream scoop spoon. http://www.aliexpress.com/price/crystal-ice-cream-spoon_price.html
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