I can no longer properly feel my fingers, so it’s time to come in from the front porch (I still call it a conservatory). My weather app reckons it feels like -14ºC (6ºF), and it can’t be much warmer as I sit in a draft behind the big panes of single-glazing. But, I’m carving a…
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Green woodworker Amy Umbel
I get to introduce you to the excellent Amy Umbel, of Fiddlehead Woodworking.
Green woodworker Jon Mac
Interview with Jon Mac. Folk artist. Designer. Photographer, and writer of a blog about his carving and walking
experiences. www.spooncarvingfirststeps.com
Dead simple decoration
Zach Beauvais talks about easy decorative techniques using tools to hand.
Michael Stibane shows us how to make birch besoms from leftover spring twigs
In my country Germany, birch besom binding is a winter job. Besoms are a kind of broom made from bound twigs around a handle. The birch trees have lost their leaves so it’s not hard work removing them. But, in early spring when you walk through a woodland where woodworkers felled some birch trees in…
How do you sharpen your tools?
Whether it’s your favourite carving knife or your long-neglected splitting wedges, we all have to keep our tools sharp. It’s one of the more varied set of techniques in green woodworking, and it causes much discussion. New carvers often overlook the practice and kit when setting out. Many carvers favour slow-spinning, water-cooled stone machines like…
Green woodworker Chris Allen
Hi, can you tell me who you are and what you do? My name’s Chris and I live in the south of England in a beautiful chalk landscape steeped in modern and ancient history. I used to be an IT manager and ride a desk, but it ended up riding me. So now I bother…
Green woodworker Ty Thornock
As an interview series, I want to introduce some green woodworkers. We’ll get a picture of how people get into the craft, and look at their own perspectives. For starters, I have the privilege to introduce you to Ty Thornock, an excellent spoon carver and all-round nice chap. Hi, can you tell me who you…
Welcome
It’s always daunting to fill the first article on a new blog, but I’m excited to be able to start this magazine for fellow green woodworkers. Green woodwork is different from what’s come to be called traditional woodwork, even though it’s arguably an older discipline. We focus on making useful and beautiful objects by starting…