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Tag Archives: greenwood
Spooncarving and camping
Last week, during the hottest days of the year, Christiane and I met up and spent a few days camping near Salisbury. I took along a small lump of the damson wood I’ve been working with and a spooncarving kit … Continue reading
Damson spoons
The Lyth Valley, close to where I live is famous for it’s damsons which are out at the moment. It’s a good year in terms of the crop but difficult harvesting, I’m told because of the wet weather. I’ve used … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged damson, greenwood, hand carved, spoon, spooncarving
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Double bow rake
My first completed rake, post-fire, a double bow model based on one at MERL. The head is 695mm wide with 12 tines, the bows are made from cleft ash, shaved almost to size and then drawn through a dowel plate. … Continue reading
Posted in SteveTomlinCrafts, wooden rakes
Tagged greenwood, hay rakes, hayrake, MERL, rake, wooden
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Steambending Course 2011
After last year’s success, Charlie Whinney and I again ran an intensive steambending workshop for four furniture makers demonstrating the amazing possibilities in bending solid wood using steam. My role is to organise the workshop and ensure that everything runs … Continue reading
Posted in chair making, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged charlie whinney, course, greenwood, steam bending
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My First Fan Bird
Ever since I first saw these fan birds, I’ve been itching to try making them but other projects always seem to have got in the way. Made amazingly from a single piece of wood, fan birds originated in Russia and … Continue reading
Shaving Mule
I was expecting plenty of response to the post “In praise of the homegrown shavehorse” which is a good thing as I want to encourage folk to debate and think about what they’re doing. I thought the first reply warranted … Continue reading
Austrian timber
I’m just back from my week visiting Christiane in Austria. She lives in a small town in one of the national parks, a beautiful place ringed by majestic snow-capped mountains. As a woodworker, I’m always looking around me at trees … Continue reading
Simplicity
On the Association of Pole-lathe Turner’s forum there’s a thread where people can post pictures of spoons they’ve carved. Over the past 3 or 4 years, spooncarving seems to have exploded as a pastime which is a very good thing … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged greenwood, hand carved, handmade, spoon
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