I was
afraid my spoon blanks would dry out before I got to them, which is
why I was storing them in a plastic bag full of chips from the
carving process. Then I was afraid that fungus would get working on
the blanks before I got them finished up, so I decided to wrap them
in plastic and freeze them. The idea is that if the wood is below
freezing temperature, the fungus will at least slow down until I can
carve the wood. Those little white packages, lower left in my freezer, are my spoon blanks:
Will this work? I don't know, it's an experiment. I think it probably
will. I know that wood can dry out while frozen (water can
sublimate). Hopefully, double-wrapping the blanks in plastic will
keep enough water in the wood to be easy to carve, while being frozen
will slow the fungus down enough so I won't be working spalted wood
(unless I want to, of course).
I'll keep you posted!
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