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Category Archives: SteveTomlinCrafts
New Cherry Eating Spoons
I’m so pleased with my latest eating spoons, freshly-carved from Cumbrian cherry. They not only look and work great but they’re a special price, just for my blog readers. Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged cherry, christmas, cumbria, eating spoon, handmade, Sizergh, UK, wooden
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Medlar Jam
Jam from partly-rotten fruit? Well, everyone said it would work so I had to try… Continue reading
Wooden birds and brushes for Lancashire Woodcarvers
What do you do when you’re invited to give a demonstration and teach an afternoon workshop for 15 hobby woodcarvers? I was asked to do just that for the Lancashire branch of the Woodcarvers Association and decided to give them some carving they’d never seen before. Continue reading
Posted in fan birds, greenwood events, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged association, brush, fan bird, greenwood, lancashire, woodcarving
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C-Art Sprint Mill Exhibition
Following the success of last year, I am once again exhibiting during C-Art in Cumbria as part of the Sprint Mill collective open every day 13-28 Sept 11:00-16:30. The photos give you a taste of what’s on offer but the Mill and the work within needs to be seen in person. Continue reading
Posted in greenwood events, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged 2014, C-Art, cumbria, exhibition, sprint mill
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A very special plane
While we were ladder making with Stanley Clark the other week, he recommended one particular wooden jack plane for me to use while smoothing the poles. It turned out to be a very special plane indeed. Continue reading
Ladder making workshop
The Heritage Crafts Association have opened bookings for the ladder making workshop which I will be leading along with Robin Wood after our two-day ‘apprenticeship’ with Stanley Clark. Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged course, HCA, ladder, wooden, workshop
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Making wooden ladders
This month I was invited by the Heritage Crafts Association to take part in their efforts to preserve the craft of making wooden ladders. I travelled down to Northampton with fellow greenwood worker and HCA chair Robin Wood to learn to the craft of making ladders from Stanley Clark who made ladders until the trade ceased in the 1960s. Continue reading
Paper flowers at Spoonfest 2014
Prior to Spoonfest I was lucky enough to be part of an unofficial craft workshop with Anja Sundberg from Sweden. Continue reading
Posted in greenwood events, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged 2014, Anja Sundberg, fritiof runhall, spoonfest
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My plate
Handmade craft objects are uniquely individual things, I can spot mine a mile off. Continue reading
Spoonfest 2013 – Spoon Olympics
Last year saw the epic first ever Spoon Olympics. Words cannot capture the magnificent displays of athletic prowess and spoon heroism that were witnessed on the field of glory, so instead here’s a slideshow of the highlights. [gigya src=”http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649″ width=”650″ … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged 2013, carving, fritiof runhall, spoon, spoonfest, Steve Tomin
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