Spoon Carving With Hewn Spoons
This 2-day course is a great introduction to spoon carving, giving you a solid foundation in green woodworking, in an inspirational setting. You will learn the fundamentals of axework, knifework and spoon design.
Weekend Workshop
The aim is to give you the knowledge to be able to go and carve spoons safely at home. And, of course, to have a fun weekend with a bunch of like-minded people! Doing the course over two days will allow us to cover the material in a more relaxed way and to perhaps go into more detail in certain areas. All the raw materials and tools are provided and you will go home with a butter knife and a cooking spoon.
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On the course, you’ll learn
· Wood selection, storage and preparation
About the materials, consumables and equipment used
· Splitting and roughing out using an axe
· Safe carving techniques, using the main knife grips
· Finishing and treatment
What will you take away?
The confidence and skill to create your own utensils
· Go home with your own spoon and a butter knife!
A connection to other course participants, who you’ll be able to keep in touch with as you finish your piece and start to experiment through our community app, The Commonage.
What’s included?
The course fee of €280 covers tuition, the use of tools and materials, and two wholesome and nutritious daily meals each day curated by our on-site chef, as well as tea, coffee and cake when it is most needed.
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Staying at The Common Knowledge Centre
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Instructing this course
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Éamonn O’Sullivan
Éamonn has been carving spoons for 10 years. His spoons are used in many of Ireland’s top restaurants, four of which have Michelin stars. Thousands of Hewn spoons have been shipped around the world, each one hand crafted by Éamonn himself, with an axe and a knife, from locally collected wood. It is one of Hewn’s missions to spread the joy of using and carving handmade wooden spoons to as many people as possible. Many hundreds of people have attended his workshops and he has over 150 5-star reviews on Google.