Furniture Repair in Hitchin

Hitchin Based Furniture Restorer

Wood Carving: Make a Spoon!

October 11, 2017

A length of Laburnum, dried out for a while

Spoon 2 carved by Tom at 3 restorers - Hitchin

Sawn lengthways and rough marked out

Spoon 3 carved by Tom at 3 restorers - Hitchin

Roughed out shape and started carving the bowl with a carving chisel

Spoon 4 carved by Tom at 3 restorers - Hitchin

Detail of bowl

Ready for final shaping

Spoon 5 carved by Tom at 3 restorers - Hitchin

Finished and oiled, just needs a piece of leather to hang it up with…

Spoon 6 carved by Tom at 3 restorers of Hitchin

The Finished Spoon.

Ai Weiwei at The Royal Academy.

November 8, 2015

Just a couple of snaps from the amazing Ai Weiwei show at The Royal Academy. He does some pretty unusual things with antique furniture amongst other things. Well worth seeing!