Wooden Spoon Carving

February 28, 2026
10:30 am - 3:00 pm

£65.00

The course will cover everything you need to know and do, to create a functional but stylish wooden spoon to take away, along with the confidence to carve away at home on your own and is ideal for complete beginners and those who wish to improve their spoon carving technique.

6 places available

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The course will cover everything you need to know and do, to create a functional but stylish wooden spoon to take away, along with the confidence to carve away at home on your own.

This course is for anyone who wishes to be able to carve a wooden spoon from start to finish and is ideal for complete beginners and those who have recently started spoon carving but wish to improve technique.

This practical workshop will encompass everything in theory and practice that you need to create your spoon and, if time permits, maybe start another spoon or even try a spatula.

The course is more than learning to carve a spoon however, it’s a chance to reconnect with the outdoors and switch off from all of life’s little stresses.

What to bring

All tools and materials will be provided but do bring closed toe footwear, practical and warm clothes, and a packed lunch.
Refreshments will be provided.

 What you will learn

  • Wood sources, types and forms for spoon carving.
  • Tools, their care and use
  • Cutting and splitting wood.
  • Safe axe use and safe knife cutting techniques.
  • Using a carving axe to reduce the wood into a spoon blank.
  • Spoon design.
  • Refining the spoon blank into something resembling a spoon.
  • Shaping the bowl.
  • Discussions about, drying and finishes.

Tutor: Neil Hopkins of Forge Ways is the tutor for this course.

Neil moved to the Dyfi Valley in 2007 near Machynlleth to work as a Renewable Engineering Project Manager and to live a more sustainable way of life on a smallholding, nestled in the foothills of the Cambrian Mountains. He has a passion for traditional skills and low impact ways of living, combined with a wealth of experience instructing in the outdoors. Neil has diverse qualifications and experience of arboriculture and green woodworking. He can often be found amongst the mountains as a member of his local mountain rescue team.

He has developed his skills using traditional methods and hand tools such as shave horse, pole lathe, froe, axe, crook knife and creates both beautiful and practical items from wood gathered locally.

You may also be interested in other creative workshops at Denmark Farm.
Please see our events calendar for our full list.

For discounted on-site accommodation during this workshop please take a look at our range of accommodation

All proceeds from our events and holidays are ploughed directly back into the charity that manages our 40 acre nature reserve. Thank you for your support and please do come to visit soon.

Funded by UK Government

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, administrated and supported by the Cynnal y Cardi Team for Ceredigion County Council.