About me

I carve spoons most mornings, in a small shed by the lake with a stove and a window. The tools are few: a hook knife, a straight knife and a small axe. A spoon starts as a split log and ends as something you will use every day. I like that it takes only an hour or two, and I like that the wood always has something to say about it.

I started by teaching a neighbour, and the letter grew out of that. Each Saturday I write about one cut or one tool, and what I got wrong. The patterns and guides are the ones I use at the bench, and the two video courses are for people who would like to start with a knife and an axe and nothing more.