On March 22 and 23, 2025, the very first combined edition of Camp & Carve and Houtmoeting (rough translation: Wood Gathering) took place – a…
Tag: spoon carving
Book review: Hart voor hout, by Harald Lamon (Heart for Wood)
In this blog you can read what you will find in the new book written by Harald Lamon and why it is an addition to the green wood library.
Blog – The ‘Pocket Spoon’
How do you carve a wooden pocket spoon? What are the design considerations? Make your own with a free downloadable template.
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 – About drying wooden spoons
How can you let your hand carved wooden spoons dry? How can you avoid problems like deformation or cracking?
Every monday night: The Dutch online spoon gathering ‘Lepelleut’
Every monday night, there is a online gathering for Dutch/Flemish speaking spoon carvers that I organize and regularly attend. It started as a joke during…
Spoon Carving workshops
On both July 3 and August 21 I will give another workshop spoon carving for beginners at craft shop Aardewerkt in Hoorn!
3rd-5th september 2021: DUTCH SPOON FESTIVAL
Lepelfeest is the Dutch festival for spoon carvers. You can follow many workshops to learn everything about making a spoon out of fresh wood.
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.
Event – Masters Of Sloyd
Starting febuari 4th: Masters of Sloyd is a series of online webinars about spoon carving and other crafts (in Dutch).
Event – Curfew Carving
Something fun during curfew? Let’s carve some spoons together on Skype.
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.