Friday 21 June 2013

New course date.

I am running another spoon carving course on the 27th Jully  at the workshop.
The course will start at 9 till 4:30 and the price is £70 per person, tools and wood will be provided.
The one day course will be held from Vernon mill in Stockport Cheshire and you will learn how to carve wooden spoons using just an axe and a knife.
If your interested you can get in touch by email  spooncarvingcourse@gmail.com.

Thursday 9 May 2013

New Course date



I have a new date for my next spoon carving course, the 1st June if you would like more info you can contact me by Email spooncarvingcourse@gmail.com all tools and wood will be provided for you and I will teach you to carve a wooden spoon from greenwood.

Saturday 20 April 2013

Spoon carving course pictures from today.

Todays spoon carving course went really well, there were two people booked in but unfortunately one student couldn't make it. Keith was meant to come on the last course that I ran in March but the bad weather made it difficult for him to get to there. Teaching one to one with todays student Keith was fantastic, when Keith arrived I asked him if he had carved anything before, it turned out Keith had never carved before which as it happens made today a very rewarding challenge.

















 Keith showed great promise with an axe and was very accurate with his strikes.

















 Teaching students one to one is really beneficial as your full focused on their every cut.

















 Keith really mastered the different knife grasps after persevering and soon became very competent and confident.
After dinner the fire alarm went off by mistake, and it was just too loud to continue indoors, so we went outside for a carve until it stopped.













 Keith's spoon is the one on the top.













 One of the things we concentrated on today was to create a curved spoon from a straight piece of wood, you can see from the photos that Keith did a fantastic job and has created a stunning shape.
I really enjoyed teaching Keith today and teaching one to one was a great experience.

Sunday 31 March 2013

Spoon carving course April

I have set another date for April the 20th for another spoon carving course, if you are interested in learning how to make wooden spoons from green wood using an axe and a knife please get in touch by email, spooncarvingcourse@yahoo.com














A day course is £70, this includes the use of all tools, wood to carve and tea and coffee.

Saturday 23 March 2013

Todays course

The country has been having a very odd March with lots of snow and two folk had to cancel which left two students on todays course.
John and David had both done some spoon carving before, David is a talented dala horse carver so knew his way round an axe and knife.
Both students did very well and I even managed to carve a small eating spoon.
Heres some pictures from today.

















































Time for coffee.


















































Davids nice keel coming along nicely
















John did a splendid job of chip carving with the tip of the 106.
















The spoons from today.




















For more information on course dates please get in touch by Email spooncarvingcourse@yahoo.com

Friday 25 January 2013

23rd March spoon carving course

Places are now available for 23rd March's spoon carving course, the course will start at 9 till 4:30 and the price is £70 per person, tools and wood will be provided.
The one day course will be held from Vernon mill in Stockport Cheshire and you will learn how to carve wooden spoons using just an axe and a knife.














If your interested please get in touch by email spooncarvingcourse@gmail.com
for more details.

Thursday 24 January 2013

Spoon carving courses

Hi and welcome, my name is Simon Hill and I am a spoon carver. All my spoons are carved from green wood with hand tools using traditional techniques.

 I am now offering spoon carving courses for groups from a workshop in Vernon mill in Stockport Cheshire.
On the course you will learn what types of wood to use, how to use an axe and knife safely using a variety of grips to produce spoons.
The course is a one day course and costs £70 per person, this includes the use of all the tools you need and wood to carve with.
The next course is the 23rd February (this is fully booked)

For more info on course details and dates please contact me on spooncarvingcourse@gmail.com