During last winter I joined a new series of workshops called Take One Tree. Conceived and designed by Jane Gray-Wallis of Spoonsouthwest. We had a marvellous time in @westonbirtarb (Westonbirt Arboretum) using a birch tree to make lots of lovely items. The shrink pot and the eating spoon were two Read more…
@dan.lawrence.uk came to share his skills with our spoon club hosted by @spoonsouthwest We all had a great time and learnt lots. Some of us went home with a challenge. Mine was to finish a birch ladle that Dan had started. My job was to finish it of and add Read more…
I have taken the plunge and added a shop to my website. It will run alongside the Etsy shop as only a few people look at my website but millions look at the Etsy site. This is in preparation for a new venture with a well known Marlborough retail outlet Read more…
Well here I am back in SA. It is a whole new part of South Africa I have come to,here in the hills above Pietermaritzburg. We are staying with family and enjoying some time with our new granddaughter Kara. I never thought we would come back after we last left Read more…
Just finished these two scoops and put them in my shop. They are hand carved from seasoned walnut which was part of a tree that grew in our garden some years ago. One of them had a knot which dropped out so I plugged it with a piece of Padauk Read more…
Whilst waiting for storm Eunice to blow through I thought I’d have a go at some shrink pots. Checked out @zedoutdoors YouTube video with @onedaywoodcraft Chris Allen then headed into the workshop and prepped up some green birch and cut blanks of 2 year old alder for lids and bases. Read more…
I get a huge amount of pleasure from messing about in my wood. I love looking at this video and remembering the summer days when it was filmed. I hope you enjoy it too.
We had a lovely thank you note from Angela for the eucalyptus spoons
At HoH we were lucky enough to be donated some eucalyptus logs from a local garden. Tony organised the delivery of the logs. They were lovely and green and split into spoon blank rectangles beautifully.I decided to try some different patterns of spoon. The first two are meant to be Read more…
Along with lots of other people I am hooked on Wordle. Well done Josh! It is all in the news at the moment. We will probably find it is a massive Trojan virus and will totally destroy the internet!! There are some great jokes running round social media – I Read more…