Brisbane

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Craft

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Woodworking

Intermediate Spoon Carving Workshop

Have experience carving and want to focus on improving?

Black Wattle Woodshop

5.0 (2)

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5 hours

8 to 10 $150

Brisbane

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Craft

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Woodworking

What you'll do

Spend your Saturday morning focusing on carving an aspect to improve your wooden spoons in a fun, yet relaxing environment. Catie and Steve will help guide you in finding an area to focus on and improve your carving. Choose to work on making your spoons finer, more detailed, or perhaps even bigger!

Using hand tools, you will start with a spoon blank and carve your own spoon. You will focus on one particular aspect you would like to improve. You will have time to complete your spoon, ready to finish, to use yourself or gift to someone special.

There will be various spoon blank shapes and different timbers to choose from. Pick the blank that speaks to you. Timbers and shapes vary from workshop to workshop due to timber availability.

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Knowledge required

This is a workshop aimed at people with carving experience. If you have carved before, with Catie & Steve, self-taught, or with another carving teacher, you are welcome to book in.
Classes are limited to over 16 years old.
You must have the ability to use hand tools such as a knife and gouge in a safe manner. Catie will provide bandaids for the inevitable cut however, please note the use of very sharp knives is part of the workshop. Carvers must follow all safety directions.

What you'll get

The use of all hand tools to carve their own wooden spoon.
You will get to choose a spoon blank. Timber types and shapes vary from class to class.
Catie & Steve will teach you about tool safety, grain direction, different knife holds and techniques. You will carve your own spoon from start to finish.
You will leave with your spoon and an appreciation for the traditional methods for wood carving.

Hand tools are not included in the price, however are available to purchase to take home.

What to bring

You are required to wear closed-in shoes (leather preferred).
Wear clothes you do not mind getting wood shavings and dust on.
Bring along your water bottle and something to nibble on during the four hours of carving. Coffee is available to purchase when carving at Our Space, Wilston.

Suitable for

This class is great for a team building activity, birthday or hens party.

Location

Wilston, QLD

Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.

Intermediate Spoon Carving Workshop location

Your teacher

Black Wattle Woodshop

5.0 (2)

Creating wooden homewares using sustainably sourced timber is our passion. Here at Black Wattle Woodshop we use traditional carving tools to create bespoke wooden spoons and homewares.

Our love of woodworking was sparked during a camping trip, while carving a spoon from a fallen black wattle tree. Using a pocket knife and a hook knife, each of us carved a spoon from the greenwood. This took both Steve back to woodworking classes at school, and some very fond memories. Not long after returning from that trip, he built his own workbench and started collecting tools. Shelves to create a small workshop followed. Catie then found the courage to build her own bench, her first ever build and one she is still proud of today. Their woodworking has taken them in different directions, but they both agree, sustainability is the driver for all projects.

The timber used is sourced from sustainably forestry, small pieces which are usually unusable by furniture makers or from fallen trees. Wherever possible, we will use secondhand tools rather than buying new.

Catie, our workshop teacher is a qualified Secondary Science Teacher. She has combined her love of teaching and woodworking to create workshops in hand carving.