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BOOK – The Green Wood Carver

Posted bylondongreenwood 9th April 20259th April 2025

Slow Woodcraft For Beginners by Samuel Alexander

We are very proud of our tutor and member, Samuel Alexander, who has written his first book. Congrats Sam!!!

Title: The Green-Wood Carver: Slow woodcraft for beginners
Author: Samuel Alexander
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 9781837760640
Publication date: 10/04/2025

Posted bylondongreenwood9th April 20259th April 2025Posted inNews

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Members-run co-operative workshop. We run courses in green wood working and have handmade items for sale. 🪵🌳
Basket weaving R&D continues. This lovely bunch bo Basket weaving R&D continues. This lovely bunch booked a private course with us and spent three hours making these woven trays. Did you know we do private group bookings? Get in touch if you’re interested (email please!). . . . #londonhendo #basketweaving #willowweaving #weaving #weavingworkshop #hendoworkshop
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Spoon carving sponsored by @elastoplastuk fingerst Spoon carving sponsored by @elastoplastuk fingerstrips 😉
On the last day of the Introduction to Green Wood On the last day of the Introduction to Green Wood Working our participants make a spoon. Here is @luckyspoons showing the technique for axing a stop-cut into the shoulder of the spoon. ☀️🪓🪵 . . . #greenwoodworking #spooncarving #spooncarver #sloyd #sløyd #hackneycityfarm #whittlingspoons #makers #makinginlondon #greenwoodworkingcourses
Turning day on our introduction to green wood work Turning day on our introduction to green wood working course. Foot powered lathes are the new rock n roll. . . . #thenewrockandroll #footpoweredlathe #greenwoodworking #greenwoodwork #spindleturning #turning
Workshop vibes in the sunshine. Little cherry butt Workshop vibes in the sunshine. Little cherry butter spreader. 🌀 . . . #curlyshavings #workshopvibes #whittling #whittlingwood #sløyd #sloyd #greenwoodwork #greenwoodworking
Insightful, brilliant teaching from @samuelalexand Insightful, brilliant teaching from @samuelalexandershapes at our #HackneyCityFarm workshop. Inspiring members and non-members alike who joined him on his recent spoon carving masterclasses. . . . #spooncarvingexperts #spooncarvingmasterclass #masterclass #whittlingspoons #whittlingworkshop #expertknowledge #nextlevel #advancedspooncarving
This basket was made by our member @stretchingbran This basket was made by our member @stretchingbranches as a trial run for delivering a course at our #AbneyParkCemetery workshop. Watch this space for the details of upcoming basket weaving courses! 🧺 😍 . . . #basketweaving #basketweavingclass #basketweavingworkshop #basketweavinglesson #basketweavinglondon #willowbasketry #willowweaving #weavingworkshop #weavingwillow #weaveabasket #foragingbasket
A fun project to start our Introduction to Green W A fun project to start our Introduction to Green Wood Working course, making a mallet. Choose a piece of knotty wood, saw, split and axe. Boom. . . . #mallet #maul #persuader #hammerofthor #gowiththegrain
Co-op member Mike working away at a huge piece of Co-op member Mike working away at a huge piece of Lime. It’s going to be a beautiful bowl by the look of it. Did you know we have over 90 members? We’re a thriving community of green wood workers based in the city. . . . #coopertative #membersruncoop #outdoorworkshop #hackney #hackneycityfarm #membersworkshop
So amazing to have our tutor, member and friend’ So amazing to have our tutor, member and friend’s book in our hands! Well done @samuelalexandershapes it’s going to be required reading for anyone looking to understand this craft of ours in more depth. Such a beautiful work! . If you’d like to learn from this talented maestro we’ve opened up a new date for Sam’s sold out advanced spoon carving course at our workshop in March. Have a look at our website for booking.
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Beautiful day . . . #greenwoodworking #greenwoodw Beautiful day . . . #greenwoodworking #greenwoodwork #whittling #londongreenwood #makeaspoon #sloyd
A lovely group made some amazing, beautiful spatul A lovely group made some amazing, beautiful spatulas under the guidance of @spoon.people at our Hackney City Farm workshop. This could be you! Have a look at the website for upcoming spatula workshop dates. . . . #makingisgoodforyou #craftworkshoplondon #craftworkshopslondon #learnacraft #londoncraft #hackneycraft #madeinhackney #madeinlondon #greenwoodworking #whittling
That feeling when you make your own mallet, then u That feeling when you make your own mallet, then use it to split wood for your next project. 😀 . . . #greenwoodworking #londongreenwood #greenwoodmallet #splittingwood #stopcuts #froe #greenwood #hackneycityfarm #greenwoodworkingtools
Lovely cherry 🍒 spoons carved on our one day sp Lovely cherry 🍒 spoons carved on our one day spoon carving class @abneyparkn16 today. We’re running regular carving courses at both our sites. Links in bio. . . . #spooncarvingclasses #spooncarvingworkshop #carveaspoon #spooncarvingisaddictive #spooncarvingisthenewpunkrock #spooncarvingisgoodforyou #londongreenwood #abneyparkcemetery
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