Learn to Carve a Cooking Spoon
In this 4 hour workshop we will do a full introduction to the basics of spoon carving. We will cover the tools and skills needed to carve a sturdy cooking spoon that will do many years of service as a useful and beautiful kitchen essential.
This course is perfect for everyone, especially those that are total beginners and have perhaps never used an axe or knife to carve before. You will learn the confidence to handle sharp tools safely and by the end will never look at a tree branch in the same way again…
What we’ll cover in the course.
✺ What is Green Woodworking?
A little bit of context on the history and tradition of Green Woodworking and how it fits into todays culture.
✺ Wood Identification and Selection
Some basic tree identification and how to select the best species for carving. We’ll touch on where to source wood and discuss how to work with the grain to process the tree from a log into a manageable ‘billet’ for carving.
✺ Tool Use & Safety
You’ll be introduced to the various tools used for carving and how to safely use them. We will be using hand saws, axes, straight knives and bent/crook knives. We will spend time learning body positioning and safe axe swinging. We will also cover multiple different knife grips and what work they are best suited to.