Tableware Week: Spoon Carving & Bowl Turning 1M24
Age Group:
Adults
Come spend a week diving into two green woodworking disciplines: spoon carving and bowl turning on foot-powered pole lathe.
The first few days will focus on spoon design, grain orientation, ax safety, and a variety of Scandinavian knife “grips” that allow students to safely and efficiently transform a piece of green wood into a finished spoon. We will also explore finishing and decorative techniques, like oiling, burnishing, chip carving, and kolrosing.
Once students have finished their spoon(s), we will shift to bowl turning on a pole lathe for the final few days. Students will learn to ax their own bowl blanks, tune their lathes, and then turn a bowl to go with their spoons.
All tools and materials provided, though if students have their own tools, especially sloyd and hook knives and axes, they should bring them. A limited number of sloyd and hook knives (Mora 106 and 164) and turning hooks will be available for purchase for those that want them.
Carving spoons and turning bowls on a pole lathe require a certain amount of strength, stamina, and coordination. Students should be prepared for a physically demanding week. Dress in comfortable clothing, tie long hair back, and wear closed-toe shoes.
Eric Goodson
Eric Goodson is a green woodworker based in Newburyport, MA. Primarily a wood turner, he creates bowls, cups, and plates using both a traditional foot-powered pole lathe and a Western electric lathe. Eric also hand carves spoons, spatulas, spreaders, shrink pots, and other things starting with different letters. Eric began his woodworking journey a decade ago, studying under prominent green woodworkers like Dave Fisher, Peter Follansbee, Jarrod Dahl, Robin Wood, and Jojo Wood. He works primarily with green wood as opposed to seasoned wood, preferring its workability and liveliness. Green wood moves as it dries, creating organic and energetic forms in partnership with the maker. Eric also uses simple hand tools when appropriate, creating surfaces that celebrate the fine finish and decorative facets left by razor sharp tools. Such a finish ages beautifully and testifies to the object’s hand-made origins.
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Specialty:
Wood-turning, carving
Materials to bring to class:
$15 material fee due to instructor payable in class.
A limited number of sloyd and hook knives (Mora 106 and 164) and turning hooks will be available for purchase for those that want them.
Carving spoons and turning bowls on a pole lathe require a certain amount of strength, stamina, and coordination. Students should be prepared for a physically demanding week. Dress in comfortable clothing, tie long hair back, and wear closed-toe shoes.