Classes
Fall 2025 Classes: **list updated 9/5/25
BEGINNER SPOON CARVING, WEEKLY FALL CLASS! Tuesdays, 6pm-8:30 pm, 5 weeks, Sept 16-Oct 14
Where: Kimball Jenkins, Concord NH Sign up at Kimball Jenkins’ website
Come learn to carve a spoon from a tree! In this 5-week class, we will have the opportunity to make several spoons and small bowls from branches foraged from the woods. This class will focus on gaining skills with two main tools of spoon carving – the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife. We will explore wood grain, how to carve a smooth bowl, learn different strokes and maintenance for each knife, and learn how to care for your body while carving. We will carve a small cooking spoon, a tea spoon, some weird curvy branch spoons, and a few small salt bowls.
Students will leave the class with several spoons, a salt bowl or three, and the empowerment to continue learning and making things out of wood. Spoons will be in various states of completion when students leave class. This is a great class for beginners, as well as for folks who have done some carving and want to brush up/reengage!
BEGINNER SPOON CARVING, one day class Saturday, September 20, 10am-4pm
Where: Hatchspace, Brattleboro, VT Sign up at Hatchspace’s website here!
Cost: $195
Learn to carve a spoon from a tree. This class will focus on gaining skills with two main tools of spoon carving – the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife. We will explore wood grain, learn different strokes and maintenance with each knife, and learn how to care for your body while carving. Students will leave the class with their own spoon, handouts of further resources, and the empowerment to continue learning and making things out of wood. This is a great class for beginners, as well as folks with some experience carving who are looking to brush up/reengage! ALL LEVELS
CARVE A CHERRY TEASPOON (spoon carving 2.0) Saturday, October 11, 10am - 4pm
Where: Hatchspace, Brattleboro, VT Sign up at Hatchspace’s website here!
Cost: $195
Come learn to carve a tea spoon out of cherry! This class is for anyone who has taken a class with Lee Spoons before, and/or knows a little bit about spoon carving and would like to know more and improve their skills. We will work on a new form, the tea spoon, and a new wood species, black cherry. We will dive further into the use of the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife, talk about how to get a smooth bowl finish, how to make a smaller spoon, tips on making a strong, elegant rim, explore wood grain, and more. Students will leave the class with their own cherry tea spoon in progress, with the knowledge of how to finish once the spoon has dried. This is a great class for people who have already done some wood carving and want to dive back in!
BEGINNER SPOON CARVING, WEEKLY FALL CLASS! Tuesdays, 6pm-8:30 pm, 5 weeks, Oct 21 - Nov 18
Where: Kimball Jenkins, Concord NH Sign up at Kimball Jenkins’ website
Come learn to carve a spoon from a tree! In this 5-week class, we will have the opportunity to make several spoons and small bowls from branches foraged from the woods. This class will focus on gaining skills with two main tools of spoon carving – the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife. We will explore wood grain, how to carve a smooth bowl, learn different strokes and maintenance for each knife, and learn how to care for your body while carving. We will carve a small cooking spoon, a tea spoon, some weird curvy branch spoons, and a few small salt bowls.
Students will leave the class with several spoons, a salt bowl or three, and the empowerment to continue learning and making things out of wood. Spoons will be in various states of completion when students leave class. This is a great class for beginners, as well as for folks who have done some carving and want to brush up/reengage!
BEGINNER SPOON CARVING Saturday, November 8, 10am-4pm
Where: Hatchspace, Brattleboro, VT Sign up at Hatchspace’s website here!
Cost: $195