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Frank Wright
106 Coffee St. East
Lanesboro, MN 55949
Email: fwright@acegroup.cc
Website: www.cadyhayeshouse.com
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Phone: Shop 507-467-3376 Home 507-467-2620 Cell 507-438-8417
Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Other days by chance or appointment. Call my cell 507-438-8417
Season: April through November |
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News from Frank Wright Spoonmaker |
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HAT TRICK! It is a rare post that includes three of my favorite activities: spoonmaking, gardening and fine art appreciation. "SONG OF THE LARK" is a painting of a young peasant woman, scythe in hand, momentarily stopped in the field at dawn as she listens to a meadowlark singing. The original hangs at the Chicago Institute of Art but you can see it at my shop or on-line at www.art.com/products/p10032528-sa-i846022/jules-breton-the-song-of-the-lark.htm. I fashioned a spoon with the same name last year to honor the woman in the painting. I had just completed my first harvest of rye using a scythe identical to hers. The Song of the Lark spoon is a simple but sturdy design. The kind of spoon one would imagine in a simple dwelling, perhaps hand-fashioned by an earnest suitor. Not surprisingly, it has become one of my most popular spoons. Last week I shipped off a "stretch" version to a Minneapolis potager for making Tom Yam Goong (Thai hot & sour prawn soup). Sunday afternoon during the heat of the day, I finished my second harvest of rye as well as hull-less oats. The sheaves of grain are stacked in my retail shop to further cure in that sunny, breezy (overhead fans) environment. The aroma of fresh gathered small grains, unlike anything else in the world, is worth a visit. Stop by, inspect the grain, inhale deeply, gaze into the reaper's eyes and imagine what it would be like to work like her from dawn to dusk.
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The carving of spoons, chopsticks and other utensils has been my livelihood since 1992. Their wonderful visual and wordplay possibilities have made standing sculptural spoons my signature item. I also make "diet spoon" necklaces, Lefse sticks, flatbread rolling pins, and butternut bead bracelets.
I gather wood for my spoons and utensils from yard, orchard, roadside, surrounding forest and my secret goldmine: the Lanesboro brush dump. Most of my creations are made from local native and ornamental species. Odd logs and blocks of exotic wood arrive occasionally from afar, thanks to friends with a good eye for bits of comely wood in need of a second career. Seasonally, I sell produce from Oz, where my wife Peggy and I garden between the trail and the river one mile east/North of Lanesboro. You can find me there most early mornings.
I look forward to your shop or garden visit. Bon Appetit!
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