Jon Mac.Spoon Carving First Steps: Kuksa carving with Sean...

Monday, 15 November 2010

Kuksa carving with Sean...

Here are two short films of me making a Kuksa with sean mulhall.....

These links will take you to Sean's You Tube channel...

Jon Mac Kuksa 1

Jon Mac Kuksa 2

ENJOY....

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Delekatala27 November 2010 at 21:15
It was lovely to see how they are made. Beautiful work!
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firststeps28 November 2010 at 07:51
Thanks for popping by...I'm glad you enjoyed the movie. Should be making some more soon...ATB...J
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Anonymous4 May 2011 at 04:16
Jon, thanks for the video. Nice seeing you do what you clearly love doing.
Beautiful work!

Steve
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firststeps5 May 2011 at 16:53
Thank you Steve...I hope the film helps you in your future projects...J
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Jon Mac.

Folk Artist.

Photographer.

Jon has worked with his hands all his life. He has learnt many traditional working skills, from construction to carving beautiful wooden spoons and drinking vessels. He has spent much time on Dartmoor teaching outdoor pursuits, such as Ten Tors team training and working with private companies providing team building/survival resources. He is a retired member of Mountain Rescue and spent seven years on the active call out list with his local team.

( D.R.G.Ashburton).

He has spent many years exploring the Devon countryside perusing his other interest in photography, industrial archaeology and local history. He recently used his local knowledge and field craft skills to great advantage when acting as field assistant to researchers investigating bat habitats and behaviour here on Dartmoor.

Jon runs tailor made courses both here in Devon and occasionally in Scotland, for anyone interested in spoon carving and woodcraft skills. Using traditional hand tools, Axe, hook knife and knife, he teaches the techniques for the fast and safe removal of waste wood, shaping and designing. He also teaches how to attain a super sharp cutting edge with the use of Japanese water stones.These skills are key to making anything you wish out of wood.

He is also a knife designer and has had his designs fabricated by top blade smiths.

Jon believes passionately that the skills of both using and maintaining knife and axe blades are ones which need to be shared, in order that we do not loose these important techniques. Jon particularly enjoys sharing these skills with those who have little or no experience of using edge tools.

Monday, 15 November 2010

Kuksa carving with Sean...

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A Kuksa carving spring.