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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Curach builders' meeting
This week I met with Ian & Edward to discuss our currach building project. I’ve been thinking about another boat project since I finished the recovery kayak and I was attracted to the curach as another lightweight skin-on-frame boat. The … Continue reading
Posted in kayaks & boats, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged boat, coppice, curach, currach, curragh, hazel, skin on frame
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Spoons, birds and baskets at Brantwood
I had a lot of fun at the weekend running my stall at Brantwood House. It was a beautiful weekend and something of a shame to spend it indoors but we were fortunately in a brilliant location in the Studio … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood events, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged brantwood, spoon carving, trug, winter fair
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Hay rescue in Transylvania
During the summer, Christiane Lechner and I set off for the far east of Romania to attend the International Haymaking festival at Gyimes in the White Carpathain mountains of Transylvania. During the week we learned a huge amount about haymaking, … Continue reading
Posted in Scytherspace
Tagged Christiane Lechner, festival, hay making, haymaking, romania, transylvania
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Robin's fan bird
It’s a nice feeling anytime someone buys something I’ve made: the idea that the person likes my work enough to want to swap some of their own time, skills and labour (through the exchange medium of money) for some of … Continue reading
"Mowing" by Robert Frost
Winter time and the mowing season is well and truly over in my neck of the woods, hence the smaller number of posts (why not check out my green woodwork blog SteveTomlinCrafts which gets more active in the autumn and … Continue reading
Damson Ladles
I seem to have been so engrossed in making fan birds lately that I haven’t done much spoon carving but there’s a few spoons that I carved during the summer that haven’t yet made it onto the web and I … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged branch, carving, cruck, damson, ladle, spoon, spooncarving
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Making fan birds
When Christiane came over to visit me this week I told her she could have a fan bird like the one’s I’ve been showing her via skype. The only catch was that she had to make it herself. Christiane’s made … Continue reading
Brantwood Winter Fair
Next weekend I’ll be at Brantwood Winter Fair at Brantwood House, the former home of John Ruskin. There’s an interesting range of craftspeople attending with demonstrations and have-a-go sessions. I’ll be there with bowls, spoons, chairs and fanbirds for sale … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood events, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged brantwood, winter fair, xmas fair
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Otherhandedness
One of the most exciting parts of the spooncarving course with Fritiof Runhall last week was his advice on learning to carve with both hands. By making the same cuts with the same angles but mirrored by using the other … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged axe, fritiof runhall, left hand, spoon, spooncarving
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