Sugar bowl with a spoon

Sugar bowl with a spoon

A wooden bowl with a lid, the lid has a hole to allow the wooden spoon to come out. It is a variation of the cimbreira (which served as a hermetic container) for a different use. In this case, the lid still fits, but it is no longer hermetic due to the hole for the spoon to come out.

1195

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2022

iain

Asturian,Spanish

Physical Object

595

Cimbreira" variation

02/09/2025

08/09/2025

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Wood, birch

Cultural

woodwork

Chainsaw, axe, pedal lathe, gouges, and sandpaper

El Bao (Il Bau) and Sisterna (Astierna) in Ibias; El Corralín (El Curralín) and Tablado (Trabáu) in Degaña (Asturias, Spain)

Local wood: Parque Natural de Cangas del Narcea, Ibias y Degaña.

Pedal lathe and Hand-carved with gouges. It takes about 4 hours to make the piece, in addition to the time required for felling and drying.

The cimbreira was originally designed to store food, keeping it protected and hermetically sealed to guard against insects and temperature, helping it last longer. In this case, it is a variation where the lid and the bowl still fit together (which is the most difficult part), but a hole has been left to insert a wooden spoon, also hand-carved. This allows the piece to function as a modern sugar bowl, or as we understand a sugar bowl today.

To keep at home

A free, personal, and artistic variation within the concept of tixela and the domestic use of the pieces, creating a piece with a more contemporary style. It speaks to the creative freedom of the practitioner while respecting the logic of the craft, as he himself explained in the interview.

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