Spoon Carving at Hackney City Farm

Learn how to carve a spoon with an axe and a knife.

Using just three green woodworking tools you will carve a spoon from a locally grown tree. This course covers axe skills and safe knife grips. Aimed at both complete beginners and those who’ve made spoons before and would like to hone their skills and designs.

Spoon carving is a meditative search for perfection. You will spend the day carving a fresh piece of locally sourced wood in our outdoor workshop. This course is taught by one of our expert local tutors.

You can follow this course up with our Bowl Carving or Bowl Turning course. Or if you want to begin with something simpler, start with our Make a Spatula course. If you really catch the bug you can join the Induction to the Workshop course and become and member of our cooperative.

Low income rates available for those who would otherwise be unable to attend.

We work outdoors in all weathers, please come prepared.