Two day pre-fest pole lathe workshop with Jeff Donne (Spoonsmith)
In this two day workshop you will be introduced to the art of making simple furniture and spoons on a 17th century foot powered pole lathe. Jeff has more than 20 year's experience using the pole lathe and he will guide you through the tools, processes and skills required to use this wonderful piece of traditional machinery.
Five students will each be assigned their own pole lathe to use and shown the techniques needed to turn a log into a beautiful stool and spoon using your leg, hands and a sprinkling of simple tools.
We will start with the basics: timber selection, riving, rough shaping with an axe, and then it's on to the pole lathe to make the legs for your stool and a beautiful foot turned and hand carved spoon.
Use of all spindle pole lathe tools will be covered, including roughing gouge, spindle gouge, skew chisel, flat chisel, burning wires, and burnishing. All specialist pole lathe tools will be provided, but you should plan to bring a carving axe, hook tool, and sloyd knife (although we can provide these if needed).
Come and learn the craft of the Bodger!
Both days run from 10am - 4pm.
For people aged 16 and over.
This workshop does not include entry into Spoon Jam on 3 & 4 November. Tickets for the Spoon Jam weekend are available through the Spoonsmith website.
As ticket sales from pre-jam workshops contribute to the costs of getting our amazing overseas teachers to Spoon Jam, the pre-Jam tickets are non-refundable, but they can be transferred to another person if required.
Full cancellation and liability policy.