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Category Archives: SteveTomlinCrafts
Spoon carving workshop at RHS 2019
Four people joined me last weekend for a couple of days at RHS Harlow Carr in Yorkshire to learn how to carve wooden spoons. We started with making cooking spoons and introducing the axe and knife skills needed to work … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged beginner, course, RHS, spoon carving, workshop, Yorkshire
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Wooden hay rake making at Stott Park Bobbin Mill
It’s always a treat to go up to Cumbria and spend some time in the Lake District, especially in spring when the countryside is coming to life. This weekend, I’ve been teaching a small group to make wooden hay rakes … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake District, Stott Park, wooden rakes
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Stave baskets in endangered crafts article
Endangered crafts in Countryman magazine. Continue reading
Spoon carving workshop in Manchester
Greenwood craft courses in the city Continue reading
Posted in greenwood events, spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts, Uncategorized
Tagged course, Manchester, spoon carving, workshop
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A craft trip to Slovakia
Part 1 of images and stories from a traditional craft trip to Slovakia. Continue reading
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Tagged Grampus Heritage, Lisov museum, PEATS trip, Slovakia
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Derbyshire Woodland Festival 2018
I’ll be demonstrating and talking baskets at one of the best shows in the UK – come along for a great day of wood and crafts. Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, Derbyshire, Elvaston Castle, Woodland Festival
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First new Devon stave basket
My first stave basket is complete! Continue reading
Posted in baskets, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged basket, Devon, endangered crafts, Heritage Crafts Association, Stave basket
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Endangered Crafts Award for stave basket making
I’m incredibly pleased to have been chosen as winner of the 2018 HCA/Marsh Endangered Crafts Award. This new award, funded by the Marsh Christian Trust is aimed as craftspeople working on one of the 62 crafts currently listed in the … Continue reading
Traditional hay rake making at Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Shaving heads, knocking teeth – we had a great time at Stott Park and it wasn’t nearly as dangerous as it sounds. Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, SteveTomlinCrafts, wooden rakes
Tagged cumbria, hay rake, Rusland Horizons, Stott Park, UK, wooden, workshop
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"Craft is an antidote to digital media"
“If it breaks, it breaks. You cannot be precious about these things. I don’t want to live in a display case.”
Jonathan Anderson of Loewe has many interesting things to say about craft. Continue reading