Carving Workshops

with

ROSIE MocKFORD & PEtE LLOYD

Workshop

Description

Spend time at our wonderful Bristol workshop discovering how to use a simple set of tools to carve gorgeous items you’ll treasure. Five different courses are currently offered:

  • Learn to carve your first butter knife and spoon, or improve on your existing spoon caving knowledge. (Tutor: Rosie Mockford)
  • Learn to carve a kuksa (a handled wooden cup) for your morning coffee. (Tutor: Pete Lloyd)

Please view available courses on the calendar below and click on each for more details of course content.

Spoon Carving
Spoon Carving
Examples of spoons carved
Spoon Carving Group
Hollowing a kuksa
Examples of kuksas carved on the course
Some of Pete’s kuksas

Booking

About

Rosie Mockford

Rosie Mockford (@rosie.joy.maker ) is a spoon carver from Gloucestershire. Rosie loves how accessible spoon carving is – needing just a few simple tools – and is passionate about sharing green woodworking. She teaches woodland wellbeing, skills and crafts for the Cotswolds Natural Landscape (@aonbcotswolds) and Miserden Gardens (@miserden). She is also a course assistant at Brookhouse Woods in Herefordshire (@woodlandmakers) and helps to organise the Gloucestershire & friends Spoon Club. She is at her happiest when out in nature sharing skills!

You can read more about her work on her website.

Rosie Mockford

About

Pete Lloyd

Pete Lloyd (@feralpete ) has extensive experience of wood-carving and tool-making. Part of the original Barton Hill greenwoodworking group, he has been carving spoons, kuksas and bowls for many years. As a recent assistant to Nic Westermann & Hewn & Hone in Wales he spent many months tool & jig making, including grinding and sharpening tools to the correct angles.

Pete Lloyd