Category Archives: spoon carving

Spoon carving with Gareth

Teaching people how to carve spoons is always a pleasure but it’s great to be asked by an experienced carver to extend their skills. Gareth has been carving for a few years now and teaching too. We talked at Sizergh Greenwood … Continue reading

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Carved serving spoons

I’m working my way through a pile of crooked branches that I collected earlier in the year and carving them into serving spoons and ladles. You can predict to some extent how a green wood crook will split but you’re … Continue reading

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Spoon Carving in Scotland

I’m teaching loads of courses at the moment (woodworking or scything) which is getting me out and about around the area. Over the bank holiday I went up to Dalbeattie at the request of Gavin Phillips to teach spoon carving … Continue reading

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Spooncarving Course in Scotland

I have been invited teach a spoon carving course in Dalbeattie on 25 & 26 May 2013. With my recent trip to Sweden I’m full of ideas and inspiration on spoon carving and really enjoying my own carving as well as the … Continue reading

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Spoon carving in Wales

I arrived back from Sweden last thursday and was straight off to the Woodland Skills Centre in North Wales to teach a spoon carving course for the weekend. They were a lovely bunch of folk and it’s always a pleasure … Continue reading

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A Gift of Spooncarving

Denise came and spent a day with me last week to learn to carve spoons. The day of one-to-one tuition was a Christmas present from her partner and so, after more than 2 months of anticipation, she was excited to … Continue reading

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QEST Scholar

The news arrived last night that I have been selected for my Queen Elizabeth Scholarship. I am very excited. It means I have the funding to spend 3 weeks in Sweden working and studying with Fritiof Runhall learning about greenwood carving, … Continue reading

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Carved spreaders

I’ve been making and selling wooden spreaders for 10 years. They’re lovely things to use in the kitchen and a perfect carving project for learning knife techniques for spooncarving. On my spooncarving courses we make a spreader together on the … Continue reading

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I teach spooncarving, that my part

Earlier this month I ran one of my Spoon Carving workshops with a great group, here they are at the end of a really fun weekend. When I teach spoon carving, I want people to go away with more than … Continue reading

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Spooncarving Workshop

Spoonfest was a really exciting and inspiring weekend so I’ve been carving a few more spoons since coming home and trying out new ideas. One of the most interesting talks was by Terence McSweeney, a professional osteopath who gave a … Continue reading

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