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Category Archives: spoon carving
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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Tagged butter knife, carving, decoration, engraving, green wood, kolrosing, spreader
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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
Posted in greenwood courses, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged course, cumbria, green wood, spoon, Tomlin, UK
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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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Tagged course, cumbria, greenwood, spoonfest, UK
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Spooncarving at 'Weekend in the Woods' 2012
I had a brilliant weekend teaching spooncarving to students on the Coppice Association’s ‘Weekend in the Woods’. Six courses all taking place over the same weekend makes a fantastic atmosphere with lots of folk busily making and sharing ideas. When … Continue reading
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Tagged CANW, carving, coppice association, course, cumbria, learn, Weekend in the Woods, wooden spoon, workshop
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New cherry spoons
A few more new kitchenware designs and ladles photographed and online now. To order, please send an email or use my order form. Swedish eating spoon This is a special spoon for me anyway, you can read why here and my … 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
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Tagged branch, carving, cruck, damson, ladle, spoon, spooncarving
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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
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Tagged axe, fritiof runhall, left hand, spoon, spooncarving
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Spooncarving course with Fritiof Runhall
Last week I spent 3 days in Edale as a student on a spooncarving course organised by Robin Wood and taught by Swedish carver Fritiof Runhall. I’ve been carving spoons from green wood for 8 years, so when I first … Continue reading
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Tagged course, fritiof runhall, greenwood, Robin Wood, spoon, spooncarving, sweden
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