Canceled - Carving workshop with Alexandra Forbes
Saturday, October 7
9AM - 4PM
1199 Fowler Road, Plainfield
Ages 16+
$50 Per Person* (sliding scale available)
Come carve the spoon or spatula you will reach for in the kitchen for years to come! We’ll start with pre-cut pieces of cherry, curly maple, and other New England hardwoods to carve and shape. Learn how to work antique spokeshaves, rasps, bent knives, gouges, and other woodworking tools. We’ll use sandpaper and oil to bring our projects to a fine polish.
Workshop starts at 9AM, and participants are encouraged to arrive at 8:45 to get settled in. Carving will wrap up between 3 and 4PM. Bring your studio smock and lunch.
Suitable for ages 16+, and all carving levels including beginners.
Alex Forbes has been teaching carving and woodcraft for over 30 years in craft centers and at her home studio in central Vermont.
“I have been excited about wood since I started exploring wood as a teen in California and in the Alaska wilderness, carving bowls and small expressive pieces. In my 20s I started teaching woodcraft in northern Vermont to adults and to children in a rural public elementary school. At that time I was moved to write about woodcraft as a vehicle for children in developing their creativity and self-empowerment.
Later I designed and built several saunas, a sailing dory and started sculpting furniture pieces including driftwood lamps, mirrors and chairs.
Recently I've been bringing my spoon and ladle carving workshop in a small caravan style studio wagon I built, out into the community. I have taught these workshops in the Alaskan wilderness, at Snowfarm Craft- Art School and will be teaching at the Carving Studio this spring in Rutland.”
