by Rachel Bainton | Nov 26, 2018 | General, Greenwood Craft, Process
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about supply and demand. Not of the spoons and stock (though that is definitely something that merits a lot of thought), but of the raw material – the greenwood. I live in a town. I don’t have a garden. The backyard...
by Rachel Bainton | Nov 12, 2018 | General, Greenwood Craft, Process
Greenwood Certificate Course, and beyond At the end of the Greenwood Certificate course, Maurice (www.woodsmithexperience.co.uk) wanted to know what each of us planned to do next. My thoughts were basically just more of the same: Carving spoons, trying different...
by Rachel Bainton | Apr 22, 2018 | General, Greenwood Craft, Process
It felt weird driving to the course today, and knowing that it would be the last time I’d be heading there for a day with this bunch of people. Endings can be sad, and the course has been such a wonderful experience that there is some poignancy about it coming...
by Rachel Bainton | Apr 22, 2018 | General, Greenwood Craft, Process
I finished off two projects today, so I came away with a bowl bench and fittings, as well as my cleft ash gate. Having made the legs last week, and marked out the top, today I drilled the holes for the legs. Angle these in towards each other at 45 degrees, and then...
by Rachel Bainton | Apr 15, 2018 | General, Greenwood Craft, Process, Sharpening
I think each of us on the course has already dabbled a bit in sharpening. It’s pretty unavoidable when you’re interested in greenwood work. But sharpening is one of those skills that is like a rabbit hole… There’s always more to find out...
by Rachel Bainton | Apr 14, 2018 | General, Greenwood Craft, Process
Unfinished business By the start of day 21, I have a lot of unfinished business – a total of four projects still to complete: I have a handle for a maul; it needs finish turning and fitting into a head. My chopping clock has three legs; they need shaving to...
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