Description
Try your hand at an ancient creative art-form. Figurative carving in wood, stone and other suitable materials has been pivotal in human culture and traditions for thousands of years. We have been hand carving various figurines for a number of TV and movie productions and found it to be fun and rewarding, so we have decided to offer it as a course for beginners. We are offering two choices of figurines, a traditional Swedish Dala horse and a crow or raven, an ancient symbol of power in Celtic and Norse culture. For group booking requests, the price is per place, with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 participants.
What's included in the price?
During the day-long course, we will cover: * Wood preparation and suitable woods. * Hewing, smoothing and cutting the billet. * Sawing work to create an advanced blank. * Whittling techniques to refine your figurine. * Decorate your figure with acrylic paint.
Duration
6 hours
Cancellation policy
Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts
Maker
Father and Daughter team, Nick and Sophie started spoon carving to help improve their wellbeing and mental health, however, it’s become more than just a pass time, it’s become an obsession! We prefer to carve spoons in our back yard, but in the rain and snow, we retreat indoors. Our wood chippings have spread around the whole house! We started our own business in 2018, The Gosman Spoon Co, and now sell our spoons online and offer beginner’s spoon carving courses.
Suitable for
- Adults
- Teenagers
- Wheelchair users
- Hearing impaired
- Limited mobility
- School holiday workshops & activities
- Engagement, birthdays & anniversaries
- Suitable for beginners
- Stag dos
- Fairs, festivals & exhibitions
- Hen dos
- Corporate days out & team building
FAQs
Whilst extremely sharp, the safe use of carving tools is the best way to avoid injury, however, we recommend that parents or guardians purchase safety gloves for participants aged between 14-17. We recommend No Cry safety gloves.
If you would like to buy an axe or carving knife at the workshop, please let us know three weeks before the workshop so we can have it ready for you.
You don’t need much equipment to carve spoons. All you need is a straight knife, curved knife and small axe. We recommend the following:
Straight knife: Opinel Carbon No. 07
Curved knife: Mora 1635
Hand axe: standard small splitting axe
Carving axe: Robin Wood carving axe
Tools can be bought online at Woodsmith experince
Axes, knives (straight and curved) a draw knife and a froe will be available for all participants. However, if you have your own carving knife and axe, or can purchase them for the workshop, please bring them along.
There is space for three cars in our carpark, other vehicles will need to be parked in the village lane.
Our workshop is in a sleepy village in rural Norfolk, however, there can be fast-moving farm vehicles in our lane, we also have an ornamental pond in our garden.
Nursing mothers and parents with babies are welcome, however, we are unable to provide crèche facilities for toddlers and children under 5. All children under18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or other responsible adult over 18.
Guide or help dogs are welcome, however, please leave other pets at home, sorry.
