Category Archives: green woodworking

Contemporary Greenwood Exhibition

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

  Back at the beginning of September, I mentioned a couple upcoming exhibitions in this post.  Now, one has wrapped up (I think) and the other is still in full swing. Many of the items on display at the Contemporary … Continue reading →

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2019 Sundqvist/Coperthwaite Sloyd Fellowship

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

Anyone who has met Masashi Kutsuwa would understand the big smile that appeared on my face when, at Täljfest, Peter Lamb announced that he had been awarded the 2019 Wille Sundqvist and Bill Coperthwaite Slöjd Fellowship. I had the pleasure … Continue reading →

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Täljfest 2019

Posted on August 28, 2019 by

In my lectures at both Spoonfest and Täljfest, I referred to an excerpt from Mary Oliver’s poem Sometimes: Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Astonishment comes easy at Sätergläntan, the traditional crafts school in … Continue reading →

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Spoonfest 2019

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

I’m back from my first ever overseas adventure, and it was a thrilling and enriching one.  The English countryside, London, Stockholm, and the Swedish countryside.  Almost a week after my return, my head is still spinning with all I saw … Continue reading →

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Axe Sheath of Wood

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

At last month’s Plymouth CRAFT Spoon Day, I saw Oliver Pratt’s cool wooden axe sheath.  It worked by pinning a wedge in place that secured the sheath.  Oliver had seen the concept somewhere and had created his sheath by chopping … Continue reading →

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Playing With Cool Sticks

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

Green woodworking can imply more than just the general notion of working wood that is still relatively fresh with a high moisture content.  Among other things, the term connotes the idea of working with nature, sensitively considering the unique attributes … Continue reading →

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Thoreau and the Wooden Tray

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

Not long ago, a friend referred me to an unabridged entry in Henry David Thoreau’s journal.  Here’s the first paragraph: October 19, 1858: Barrett’s apprentice, it seems, makes trays of black birch and of red maple, in a dark room … Continue reading →

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