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Tag Archives: wooden
How to make a wooden hay rake video – Austria
I’ve been making my own wooden hay rakes for a few years now but I’m still learning about the craft and intrested in examples from other regions. My friend Christiane brought me one from Austria and sent me the link … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, hay, rake, traditional, video, wooden
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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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Making wooden hay rakes video – North West England
Were these men really so relieved to have their hand work replaced by being machine operators? I’m glad to still be hand making hay rakes in the NW. Continue reading
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Tagged hay, rake, traditional, video, wooden
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Cherry colours
I’ve been carving by the river, hanging out with these guys. Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, eating, handcarved, spoons, wooden
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At least 8 reasons to own a wooden spoon
People are often surprised when I tell them I make wooden spoons and yet we’ve all got them in the kitchen and they’re our most direct contact with the food we’re cooking. Why make do with the same mass-produced spoon … Continue reading
Carving eating spoons
A few photos from the last week taken as I’ve been carving my eating spoons. They’ve proven very popular and I’m especially pleased to have got so many orders from other woodworkers and spoon carvers. The cherry wood is carving … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged cherry, christmas, cumbria, eating spoon, handmade, Sizergh, UK, wooden
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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
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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
My plate
Handmade craft objects are uniquely individual things, I can spot mine a mile off. Continue reading