Spoon Carving Workshop

This one day woodland workshop covers a wide range of carving techniques and safe tool techniques aiming to send you home with your own hand carved wooden spoon.

Aside from the obvious need for a tool to transport food from pot or plate to mouth, carving a spoon teaches us about wood types and the different qualities they have.

It teaches us how to harvest, split and season wood and a whole host of the most universally important carving grips and techniques that will enable you to successfully carve round timber using just hand tools.

These carving skills are essential to anyone who uses sharp tools in the great outdoors and especially if you have an interest in slimming down on heavy carried kit by improvising certain items of equipment from green and seasoned wood found on site.

The principles of carving wood safely and efficiently are transferable and scalable meaning that if you can carve an eating spoon or spatula, you also know how to carve a replacement paddle!  Additionally, working with hand tools and wood teaches us to plan and think several steps ahead and break down a job into component parts in order to achieve an end goal, as well as developing a keen eye for detail.

The working day will begin at 9am and we'll down tools at 5pm (although please be prepared to work on a little bit later if needed).

All tools, materials and hot drinks are provided. Please bring your own lunch and snacks

This workshop can be booked as private training for groups of two or more or even as a team building exercise. Please get in touch to choose your own date

Please expect to be constantly busy during our craft workshops.  To get as much as possible from your experience, please arrive fully prepared to work hard between the advertised start and finish times. Traditional crafts ask a lot from your hands, muscles and minds but the long term gains will be worth it! 

Spoon Carving Workshop