A hobbying woodworker and longtime bush regenerator with an interest in traditional crafts, I have combined all three activities three into a thing called spoon carving. Inspired by the Scandinavian craft of sloyd I have been carving for over 15 years (and I still have all of my fingers!). As well as working with local carvers and woodworkers I have travelled abroad learning from some of the worlds leading carvers in the UK, the Netherlands, USA and Sweden. I have run spoon workshops at the Illawarra Festival of Wood, SpoonJam, with Sutherland Shire Council’s Bushcare program and through the Splinter woodworking co-op in Marrickville, where I have also worked as a teaching assistant since 2015. And yes, I eat from a wooden spoon.
