Walnut Cooker from Te Awamutu – Jeff Fryett

Walnut Cooker from Te Awamutu

Black Walnut is a timber with presence. Rich, dark, and deeply grained, it has a natural elegance that needs little embellishment — and in Jeff Fryett’s hands, it gets none. Just axe, sloyd, and hook knife, working with the wood until a cooking spoon emerges that feels like it was always there.

The surface is burnished with a river pebble and sealed with a food-safe curing oil, drawing out the deep chocolate tones and silky lustre that make Black Walnut so enduringly prized by craftspeople the world over.

Slender, considered, and a pleasure to cook with.

Dimensions: 270mm (h) × 50mm (w) × 30mm (d) Material: Black Walnut (Te Awamutu) Finish: Pebble-burnished, food-safe curing oil Made by: Jeff Fryett, hand-carved in New Zealand