Name: Spoon Carving for Wellbeing
Start: 2023-09-11T13:30:00+01:00
End: 2023-10-23T17:00:00+01:00
Location: The Glade

Spoon Carving for Wellbeing

The Woodland Presents

Boost your Wellbeing through working with Wood!

The Glade

Woodworking offers a range of physical, mental, social and emotional benefits, making it a rewarding and fulfilling activity that can contribute to overall wellbeing and happiness.Spoon CarvingCome and carve a wooden spoon! We will use simple hand tools and age-old techniques to carve wooden spoons from a log to a finished spoon. There is something extremely satisfying about carving and then eating with a wooden spoon! We will look at cooking spoons and eating spoons, safe axe techniques, knife carving and finishes.This is a perfect introduction to green wood working workshop with no previous experience required, and yet it is also suitable for more advanced woodworkers who would like to delve into the world of woodcraft. We will be looking into the therapeutic aspects of spoon carving including how spoon carving as a mindfulness practice, the joys of getting into a flow state when carving spoons and how spoon carving can offer us a gateway into establishing deeper relationships with the natural world.<a href="https://thewoodland.co/events/whittling-for-wellbeing/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Run by the <a href="https://thewoodland.co/woods-for-wellness/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Woods for Wellness project</a> which aims to establish subsidised woodland wellbeing services at The Glade for the community, intertwining the natural healing environment of woodlands with professional therapeutic guidance. Workshop created and facilitated by talented <a href="https://alexfinberg.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alex Finberg</a>.About Alex Alex is a British green wood worker based in South Devon, using age old carving techniques to carve wood into beautiful, functional woodenware from wind fallen and sustainably cut local trees.He is an advocate for the new wood culture movement and the rediscovering of our relationship to the origins of everyday things, the trees they grew from and the people who made them.Alex runs workshops and courses on spoon carving, bowl carving, whittling and shrink-pot making at and is a member of the association of pole lathe turners &amp; green wood workers and Make Southwest (formerly the Devon Guild of Craftsmen). He has taught children as young as 3 to whittle in the woods and guided students in their 80’s to take up woodworking.He holds qualifications in Outdoor &amp; Paediatric First Aid, Safeguarding and Forest School Leader Level 3 with an enhanced DBS.Booking Essential, limited spacesNo Experience Required (from 12+ years)Cost by Donation (for facilitator) suggested from £5 - £10<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/690152413447?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">(﻿Why not also book and join our Whittling Sessions in the morning)</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/690152413447?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Contact for more info: Alex Finberg – finbergcraft@gmail.comLocation: The Glade, North Woods, Dartington, Totnes TQ9. Directions <a href="https://thewoodland.co/directions/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>

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