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Tag Archives: green wood
Greenwood and scythe course dates 2017
What do you want to learn this year? Craft courses make fantastic presents or a wonderful mini-break for yourself.
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Tagged Austrian scythe, green wood, learn, scything
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Bowl carving workshop in Edinburgh
Teaching, learning, sharing and swinging axes in Edinburgh Continue reading
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Tagged bowl carving, course, green wood, Scotland, workshop
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Wooden spoons at Spoonfest 2013
This weekend I’ll be at Spoonfest 2014 so here’s some of the work which was on display last year, hope to see you there. Robert Nicholson; Fritiof Runhall; Nigel Leach Simon Hill; Alastair Dargue Jarrod Stone-Dahl; Steve Tomlin; Sean … Continue reading
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Tagged carving, green wood, handmade, spoon, spoonfest, wooden
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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 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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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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Tagged carving, course, cumbria, green wood, greenwoodwork course, hook knife, sharpening, spoon, UK, workshop
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Fan Bird carving at Elvaston Wood Fest
Elvaston Castle Wood Festival is probably one of the best shows in the country for seeing top-class craft in action and I’m always thrilled to be invited to demonstrate there. This year I was showing visitors how to carve fan … Continue reading
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Tagged craft, Elvaston, fan bird, green wood
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Request for Chair-making memories
Jennie Alexander has asked me to see if I can help her trace any of the people and details of a green wood chair making course she taught there as John Alexander. If you were there or have any information … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander, chair, green wood, handmade, Jennie, John
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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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Tagged cherry, crook, damson, green wood, hand carved, handmade, ladle, serving, spoon
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Wooden Spoons at the Hilton Hotel
At the beginning of the month I was invited to the Royal Warrantholders Annual Luncheon to receive my award as a Queen Elizabeth Craft Scholar and present my work in the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane in London. QEST is … Continue reading