One step in the design process here at Earlywood is to define how and why traditional wooden spoons fall short when it comes to many common cooking tasks. Once the downfall is identified, the next step is to design a tool that will excel at that task, while maintaining a form that is pleasing to [read more]
What is earlywood? Do you remember the last time you looked at a cross section of a tree and counted the growth rings? What you were really doing is counting how many times the earlywood/latewood cycle has taken place. Each year, every tree adds a ring of earlywood cells and a ring of latewood cells. [read more]
When we considered our new product line for fall 2012, we went to the hardest-working utensils in the kitchen. We were looking to redesign the tools with heft, the tools that might not be used daily, but needed the strength and visual aesthetic our woods could provide. With that in mind, we introduce the long [read more]
What a year it has been here at Earlywood Designs! It seems like just yesterday that we launched our website and began selling handcrafted wooden kitchen utensils. The response to our products has been fantastic. Not only have we sold hundreds of spoons, spreaders, scrapers and sauté paddles, we heard from numerous customers who said [read more]
