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Tag Archives: wooden
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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How to make a wooden hay rake
With the all the people wanting to learn to scythe and their increasing use for managing wildflower meadows or making hay, there’s a need for good quality wooden hay rakes for collecting and turning the grass. Last weekend I taught a group of students to make their own. Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, SteveTomlinCrafts, wooden rakes
Tagged course, greenwood, hay rake, tine cutter, UK, wooden, workshop
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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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Large and small spoons
A couple of spoons commissioned by a local potter and made to her designs. Really fun to make, the large spoon is 30cm long while it’s little salt spoon brother is just 7cm total.
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Tagged cherry, greenwood, salt, spoon, wooden
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Wooden spreaders commission
A small commission of wooden spreaders has gone off to London to be given as Christmas presents. The customer asked me to replicate one she had brought back from New Zealand and liked so much she wanted to share the … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, cumbria, greenwood, knife, London, spreader, wooden
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Fresh wooden eating spoons
Three new eating spoons freshly out of the oil* this morning. These are my standard eating spoon shapes but I thought they were worth sharing for the beautiful colours, especially the spalted birch. These will be in the Spoon Shop … Continue reading
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Tagged birch, eating, sloyd, spalted, spoon, wooden
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Baker's wooden dough bowl
This morning I took the new wooden dough bowl over to Simon Thomas at the Staff of Life bakery. It was a lovely busy place with plenty of activity and a steady stream of customers and a great atmosphere. Simon … Continue reading
Posted in carved bowls, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged bread, dough bowl, dough trough, Simon Thomas, Staff of Life, wooden
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Carved bread dough bowl
Some images of a new carved bowl that I finished earlier this year. Carved and finished by hand from local birch it measures 19″x11″x5″ and is designed as a dough bowl (or trough) for mixing, kneading and proving bread dough … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, dough bowl, dough trough, hand carved, proving, wooden
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Handmade wooden spoons
A couple of gratuitous spoon shots from the weekend of my own spoons which I’d taken along to the course to inspire. There are eating spoons, serving spoons as well as a couple of little scoops. Some of them were … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, greenwood, hand carved, handmade, spoon, wooden
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Shrink Pots
As wood dries, it shrinks and often changes shape as a result. This is a major concern for most woodworkers and they go to great lengths to dry timber and keep it dry before starting work. With greenwood work I … Continue reading
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Tagged container, greenwood, kitchen, kitchenware, shrink pot, storage, UK, wooden
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