Carve a cooking spoon, from log to spoon! Students will learn to split green logs into billets, or flat pieces of wood, to axe out spoon blanks. You will start by designing and drawing your form (examples and templates will be supplied). Then you will carve the blanks into functional cooking utensils, designed to be…

In this hands-on class, students will learn to carve two simple, functional spoons from pre-axed spoon blanks (already roughed out). The class will begin with tool safety before moving into an introduction to wood selection—covering type, size, and grain orientation. From there, students will learn the systematic removal of material, how to achieve smooth and…