Molly Sjöstam is a Swedish carver who lives in the small village of Gräsmyr outside Umeå. We meet via Zoom and Molly is sitting in the kitchen of her small cottage. Behind her are
A long, slightly rambing musing on the rights and wrongs of harvesting materials from the natural world…. Finding, gathering, processing and finally making your own things from natural materials is a wonderful experience. It’s
Top tips to help you on your spoon carving journey. A blog? Well, sort of. I thought I’d start by doing a little Q&A on the most commonly asked questions about spoon carving. I
How did you get into tool making?I have always been interested in making tools from a very young age. I was fascinated by made steel a useful tool materials. When I was 15 I
Jack is based in Dorset in the United Kingdom and he teach spoon carving, green woodworking and ancient crafts. He also design and build wooden furniture, gates, fences and buildings. How long have you
Making a small bowl If you’ve made some spoons and wanted to try a bowl, these small ones are a good place to start. They are possible with a more limited tool set and
Alex Finberg is a forest school teacher and he runs workshops in spoon carving, bowl carving, whittling and shrink pot making in South Devon. A while ago I sent him some questions so that
I’d like to welcome Gui Siqueira to The Spoon Crank family. Gui is a Brazilian-based tool maker who has recently sent me his hook knives and sloyd knives, which you can purchase on The Spoon Crank website.
GIVEAWAY TIME! For our 2-year anniversary giveaway we have teamed up with 25 talented and most generous maker-members of The Spoon Crank. There will be 5 winners in total! 1ST WINNER GETS– Sloyd Knife
Thank you all for helping us to grow our small business and nurture this amazing community we are part of! Let’s remember together few of the key moments of this remarkable journey. My carving journey started
An introduction on how get logs ready for spoon carving. “My spoon was beautiful, then it dried and split!” – I hear this lament often enough with beginner spoon carvers, and there is nothing
So, you want to have a go at making a woven bark sheath, or perhaps try you hand at some basket weaving? Getting hold of traditional, natural materials for making your own things can
“I believe we are an animal that makes things. A lot of people these days are divorced mentally from their existence as an animal that makes things. I’m not saying that it will solve
The fingers method 1) Pour a little bit of oil into your hand and rub the oil into the spoon with your fingers. 2) Wipe off any excess oil with a piece of tissue.
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