Any spoon carvers/wood carvers, turners here?

[Fab Foodie]

@Hill Wimp of this parish is currently 'turning' her hand to spoon carving and is currently whittling away like mad at her first spoon. She keeps mentioning lathes and future workshops which is a tad worrying....

Anyhow, on the advice of Charlotte Barnes of yacf ( who once delivered a masterclass on spoon carving that I attended) I bought Wimpers some kit for her Birthday.

And now she happy as larry when I've got wood and she can get to work on it....

Anyone else out there?

 

[Drago]

My Father in law is into turning, and I've had an afternoons play under his tutelage. Made a handle for the bathroom light switch, and a hammer handle.

 

[potsy]

Does she know you can buy wooden spoons in the supermarkets for 50p?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Does she know you can buy wooden spoons in the supermarkets for 50p?

She now knows that spoon knives are very sharp....need to get more plasters....

 

[Crackle]

I thought it was spoon whittling not carving. I demand we know which it is!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is there no end to the shite that middle England can find to keep themselves amused?

 

[Cycleops]

I'm sure it's very satisfying and therapeutic.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

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You don't want to argue with Barn the Spoon.
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Or he'll knit you a jumper?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Don't have any fancy kit and I'm not very good, but I dry the wood from my garden and hack away at it.
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This is a walking stick from the apple tree on the right.
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This is a "nut in a cage" thing carved from one solid piece of waste pine.

Fab!
Any tips or learnings?

 

[Randomnerd]

Green woodworker here - tend to spend the winter making this stuff: swill baskets; splint baskets; spoons; chairs; rustic indoor gear.
I'll be at Staithes Arts Festival on 8-9 Sept, which is always a good weekend. And I run courses in a private woodland in North Yorkshire from time to time.

spoons

• Randomnerd
• 6 Aug 2017

 

[Hugh Manatee]

That knife is quite interesting. If she needs another, let me know and I'll have a go at one. Hidden tang is something I want to have a go at once I have completed the pair of bushcraft knives I have started. That one looks quite Scandinavian.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Green woodworker here - tend to spend the winter making this stuff: swill baskets; splint baskets; spoons; chairs; rustic indoor gear.
I'll be at Staithes Arts Festival on 8-9 Sept, which is always a good weekend. And I run courses in a private woodland in North Yorkshire from time to time.

spoons

• Randomnerd
• 6 Aug 2017

Where can I find details of your courses?

I'm very much a crafter and have a carpenter for a father so grew up to the sound of him sharpening his saws and helping him in his workshop. He has taught me a lot about furniture restoration which I love doing but never get enough time. Now with retirement looming I cannot wait to spend more time creatively so I thought I would start with some Greenwood skills. I have say here most of today happily whittling away getting used to the feel of the wild and my tools. Currently working on a piece of beech.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Hippies.

Oh I wish.

I think @Fab Foodie and I could be the next Barbara and Tom of the seaside instead of surburbia.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

And now she happy as larry when I've got wood and she can get to work on it....

Calling @Fnaar

 

[Hill Wimp]

That knife is quite interesting. If she needs another, let me know and I'll have a go at one. Hidden tang is something I want to have a go at once I have completed the pair of bushcraft knives I have started. That one looks quite Scandinavian.

It's a rather beautiful Mora from Sweden.

Fabbers got my kit from Robin Wood.

http://www.robin-wood.co.uk

as advised by Charlotte on YACF.