Meet the knutkorg! A scandinavian basket made of fresh and dry wood. A very challenging project!
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Book review – Karvsnitt by Jögge Sundqvist
A while ago, Jögge Sundqvist published his book Karvsnitt about chip carving and other decorational techniques. A review.
Blog – About Masters of Sloyd – Season 2
In the winter of 2021/2022 I organised the second season of Masters of Sloyd. Several makers talked about their craft in free webinars.
Blog – Review of the new Mora 106 carbon and 120 carbon
The Mora 106 is my favorite wood carving knife and the Mora 120 is its little brother. Mora recently released a new version of this…
Blog – About drying wooden spoons
How can you let your hand carved wooden spoons dry? How can you avoid problems like deformation or cracking?
Masters of Sloyd – The free webinars are back!
Are you looking for a fun activity for the long winter evenings? Do you want to know more about traditional crafts that you can easily learn yourself? From October the 28th, the free webinar series Masters of Sloyd is back!
Blog – How to make a nice wooden eating spoon
A blog about what we can learn from a bad spoon. So you can use this knowledge to carve spoons that are actually nice to use.
Blog – Templates for spoon carving
Should you use spoon templates for carving your spoons? A blog post about the pro’s and con’s of using a spoon template.
Blog – 13 spoon carving tips
How do you get better at spoon carving? In this blog, I’ll share 13 tips that helped me to carve better spoons.
Blog – Lockdown Survival Guide for spoon carvers
Looking for something to do during lockdown? Here’s a lockdown survival guide with seven tips for spoon carvers.
A review of two wood carving axes
Two very nice Swedish wood carving axes compared in a review: one by Julia Kalthoff and one by Hans Karlsson.
What tools for spoon carving?
Saw, axe, knife, spoon knife. What tools to get for carving a wooden spoon? An overview of the basic tools for spooncarving.
Something fun during lockdown: #SpoonswapNL
A blog about #SpoonswapNL during the lockdown. As much as 33(!) Dutch spoon carvers participated!
Crooked or straight wood?
Use crooked or straight wood for your spoon? The search for that elusive perfect curve can end up like a quest for the holy grail.
What is the best wood for carving a spoon?
Without wood, you can’t carve a spoon. But what are the best species? These are my favourite kinds of wood for making spoons.