Shashikant Prajapati, a talented micro artist, holds the record for making the smallest wooden spoon ever made.
By carving a spoon that was only 1.6 mm (0.06 in) thick, the 25-year-old from Bihar, India, beat the record set earlier of 2 mm (0.07 in) by Navratan Prajapati Murtikar (India) in 2022.
The spoon needs to be an exact reproduction of a typical wooden spoon to qualify for this record. This means that the handle and bowl must be readily visible.
“Making a spoon from wood is quite easy, but making the world’s smallest wooden spoon is quite a tough job,” Shashikant said.
Even though many pieces of wood may be joined together to create the spoon by the standards of this record, Shashikant skillfully cut his spoon out of a single piece of wood by using a craft knife and a surgical blade.
He practiced "a lot" to master the technique, carving more than ten spoons before he was able to create one that was both sufficiently tiny to break the record and match the design specifications.
“It was very difficult to make a spoon which is smaller than 2 mm, but after many attempts I was successful,” he said.
Shashikant is "very passionate" about miniature art, and he wants to break world records to be recognized for his talent.
He has twice surpassed the previous record for the most chain links made out of pencil lead. The first time was in 2020 with a total of 126, and the second time was in 2021 with a total of 236. Kaviyarasan Selvam (India), who astonishingly carved 617 lead linkages earlier this year, is now the owner of the record.
Shashikant was looking for another record to attempt when he stumbled upon pictures of the tiniest wooden spoon in the world, which has been broken at least once annually since 2019. Shashikant's spoon is more than four times smaller than the previous record, which was 7 mm (0.27 in) back then.
During his first year of college, in 2015, Shashikant developed an interest in creating micro art. He recalled using a drawing compass to make a chain from a piece of chalk, which sparked a lifelong passion for the discipline.
As pencil lead is much smoother than chalk and is, therefore, easier to produce art from, he quickly started carving it.
Shashikant committed himself to his new interest, working on it up to ten hours a day until he was an expert.
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