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Youth: Spoon Carving (Ages 12-16)

Discover the infinite variety of spoons you can create with just a couple of tools.

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Youth: Spoon Carving (Ages 12-16)

Youth: Spoon Carving (Ages 12-16)

Discover the infinite variety of spoons you can create with just a couple of tools.

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Learn a new skill during spring break week! Creating a finely crafted spoon is challenging because of the way wood grain interacts with carving knives. Yet the project is completely doable — it doesn't drag on and on. Spoons come in infinite varieties, so there's always a new design or type of wood to try.

Starting with a piece of recently harvested, local hardwood, you'll learn to shape the spoon bowl and the handle with  a variety of carving tools: knives with straight and hooked blades, gouges, and spokeshaves. You'll also learn how to hone the blades to keep them sharp and how to finish the wood..

Details

  • Skill level: Beginners welcome.
  • Designed for ages 12-16.
  • Feel free to bring water and a snack.

Details

A $20 materials fee, included in the class fee, covers everything you need.

Class Policies

  • Ages 12 to 16 are welcome.
  • You must wear closed-toe shoes and safety glasses, tie back long hair, and avoid dangling clothing and jewelry. We recommend bringing your own safety glasses.
Instructor
Michael Alexander

Michael started woodworking after his daughter went away to college about eight years ago, starting with a spoon carving class at Pratt Fine Arts Center. He fell into a warm and welcoming Seattle spoon carving community. He’s one of the organizers of the Seattle Spoon Club, a member of the Seattle Woodturning Club, and the lead organizer of the Pacific Northwest Spoon Bash, a weekend-long carving festival at Rainbow Falls State Park in Chehalis. At Pratt, Michael predominantly turned bowls, harkening back to his high school ceramics class. He has taken a number of furniture-making classes at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking. Since moving to Bainbridge Island with his wife in the spring of 2025, Michael has set up a “much-improved shop” in his garage to use when not at BARN. He loves working with burl, figured, and crotch woods — all abundant here in the Pacific Northwest.

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