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Category Archives: spoon carving
Teaching a new professional spoon carver
Another 1-to-1 spoon carving day, this time with Dan Lawrence who I’ve watched developing his skills over the last few years and is now aiming to make his living from greenwood carving. He came on my short course at Spoonfest … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced, course, greenwoodwork course, improver, workshop
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Spoon carving on honeymoon
At the end of last year I received this lovely request by email: “I am really hoping that you can help me. We are coming to the Lake District in February on our honeymoon. My partner is really keen to … Continue reading
Spoon carving video
I want to share this excellent video of my friend Jarrod Stone Dahl from Wisconsin carving a spoon from green wood. It’s really nicely shot and takes you through the whole process. The video has had a lot of interest in … Continue reading
Spoonfest 2013
Way back in August last year the sleepy town of Edale was once more host to 150 spoon carving folk from around the world. A new addition was the Spoon Carving Chair which was occupied by various makers and gave … Continue reading
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Tagged carving, green wood, handmade, learn, spoon, spoonfest, wooden, workshop
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Spoon carving 1-to-1 tuition
There are times when you want to have your own craft course on a 1-to-1 basis. Whether you’ve a specific element you want to cover in depth, get individual tuition and attention, set the date to fit yourself or learn … Continue reading
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Tagged 1-to-1, beginner, bespoke, course, cumbria, greenwoodwork course, improver, individual, sprint mill, UK, workshop
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Large and small spoons
A couple of spoons commissioned by a local potter and made to her designs. Really fun to make, the large spoon is 30cm long while it’s little salt spoon brother is just 7cm total.
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Tagged cherry, greenwood, salt, spoon, wooden
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Wooden spreaders commission
A small commission of wooden spreaders has gone off to London to be given as Christmas presents. The customer asked me to replicate one she had brought back from New Zealand and liked so much she wanted to share the … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, cumbria, greenwood, knife, London, spreader, wooden
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Fresh wooden eating spoons
Three new eating spoons freshly out of the oil* this morning. These are my standard eating spoon shapes but I thought they were worth sharing for the beautiful colours, especially the spalted birch. These will be in the Spoon Shop … Continue reading
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Tagged birch, eating, sloyd, spalted, spoon, wooden
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Handmade wooden spoons
A couple of gratuitous spoon shots from the weekend of my own spoons which I’d taken along to the course to inspire. There are eating spoons, serving spoons as well as a couple of little scoops. Some of them were … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, greenwood, hand carved, handmade, spoon, wooden
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Spoon carving course for London Green Woodworkers
I spent this weekend teaching a spoon carving workshop for London Green Woodworkers based in Abney Park, Stoke Newington. Abney is a beautiful old cemetery full of headstones and monuments which has reverted to woodland over the years and is … Continue reading
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Tagged carving, course, design, green wood, greenwoodwork course, improve, London, spoon, UK, workshop
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