Spoon Carving Course: Axing a Spoon Blank

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Spoon Carving Course: Axing a Spoon Blank

Master the axe and shape your first spoon blank.

Among the Trees

5.0 (208)

4k followers

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3 hours

1 to 7 (public classes), 7 to 10 (private) (private classes)

$169 (Afterpay available)

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Overview

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Teacher

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What you'll do

The foundation of every carved spoon begins with the axe. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to safely and efficiently axe out a spoon blank from fresh green wood using a hatchet, maul, and hatchet block. We'll cover proper stance, controlled chopping techniques, and how to read the grain to create a balanced and well-shaped blank ready for further refinement.

This course is part of a three-part series, with follow-up workshops focusing on knife finishing, spoon carving class with Woody Weeds and decorative techniques, traditional spoon carving decoration workshop.

Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to refine your axe work, this session will give you the confidence to shape wood with precision and efficiency.

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Knowledge required

This workshop is aimed at people with no experience with woodwork. It is open to anyone 18 years and over.
The course is run using entirely hand tools so you need to be aware that there is an element of physicality involved.

What you'll get

A finished, spoon blank ready for carving
Knowledge on timber grain and how to effectively create your own spoon blanks in the future
Knowledge on how to sustainably source timber from woody weeds helping our native environments in the process
Knowledge on how to safely and effectively use a hatchet, maul, hatchet block and saw.

What to bring

You are required to wear closed-toe shoes.
Please wear clothing that can get dirty (e.g. sawdust will be present). - Long hair needs to be tied back and no loose hanging jewellery should be worn.

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Among the Trees - 27 Sydney Street, Marrickville NSW

This venue is within walking distance from Sydenham station (800m).

Spoon Carving Course: Axing a Spoon Blank location

More about this class

This class is new, and this teacher has 208 reviews for their other experiences - which you can see here.

This class is also covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher

Among the Trees

5.0 (208)

4k followers

Among the Trees is an ethical and sustainability based start-up for reclaimed timber located in Marrickville.

Saving timber from demolitions or other discarded uses and making it available to the public through a retail timber shop and woodworking classes. Accessibility to wood doesn't just mean being wheelchair friendly (which we are), it also means helping customers understand how to use and source reclaimed timber. To make it as easy as possible to work with, we offer custom machining and glueing, so the timber in our store can be squared, resurfaced and cut to specific dimensions. We also help empower individuals to have the confidence to undertake woodworking projects by offering woodworking beginners classes that are taught with simple hand tools.

Lumberyards and wood workshops can be intimidating sometimes, ATT is one of the few places that caters not only to architects, planners, homeowners as well as carpenters and tradespeople but also to customers that have little to no woodworking experience and are embarking on DIY and student projects or trying their hand at repair, renovating or building.

Our workshop at Among The Trees is set up to be the perfect space to learn about hand tools, reclaimed timber, and woodworking. We’ve been hard at work collecting, restoring and tuning all the tools required to learn woodworking, and a few extra ones as well.

All-in-all, everyone that is interested in wood is welcome!