Book Launch & Meet the Maker
with Alex Finberg
Friday 31 January 2025, 11am - 2pm
FREE, drop-in
Venue: MAKE Southwest
Suitable for: All
Meet the Maker / Log to Spoon Demo / Book Signing / Wood Giveaway
Join us for an exclusive event celebrating the launch of Spoon Carving: From Log to Spoon by award-winning craftsman Alex.
Discover the craft and process behind turning green wood into beautiful, functional spoons during a live carving demonstration: From Log to Spoon
Alex will share insights from his creative journey, the challenges of writing and photographing his book, and his passion for promoting woodcraft as a tool for wellbeing. This is a unique opportunity to meet the maker, explore the craft, and buy a signed copy of his new release. Alex will also be giving away free billets of wood to carve! .
Spoon Carving: from log to spoon
by Alex Finberg
Whatever your experience, this book has all the instructions you need to carve beautiful spoons from logs of green wood.
Author Alex Finberg walks you through every stage of the process with clear explanations and some 400 stunning photos. At the core of the book is a 25-step sequence that illustrates how to carve a finished functional spoon from a log. This guide will inspire and nourish you in craft that benefits both body and soul.
The Crowood Press | 176 pages | £16.99
About Alex
Alex is an award winning craftsman and author based in South Devon. He uses age old carving techniques to carve wood into beautiful, functional woodenware from wind fallen and sustainably cut local trees.
He is an advocate for the wellbeing benefits of woodcraft and the new wood culture movement; rediscovering our relationship to the origins of everyday things, the trees they grew from and the people who made them.
Alex's hand carved items can be bought from his Woodcraft Shop and local stockists Craft Mongers & Make Southwest. His forthcoming book "Spooncarving: From Log to Spoon" was published by the Crowood Press in Autumn 2024 and is available online and in independent book shops in the UK and internationally
He runs a range of workshops on Spooncarving & Woodcraft and has taught at various organisations and festivals around the UK including Dartington Trust, Schumacher College, the National Trust and at Spoonfest, the International Festival of the Carved Wooden Spoon
Part of the Green Maker Initiative Season
Throughout November, December and January we’ll be celebrating our Green Maker Initiative (GMI) Season; hosting events, workshops and exhibitions themed around the natural world and championing sustainable craft.
Find out more HERE.