Seppo Laine

October 17, 2026 · 7 min

A cup carved over one cold weekend

A small drinking cup from one block of birch, in the shed with the stove going.

Wood shavings on a shed floor with a half-carved cup
@seppolaineA hook knife scooping the bowl of a birch spoon

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