Jon Mac.Spoon Carving First Steps: Dartmoor Mountain Rescue 'A'sec (S.A.R) Grand opening...

Friday 23 September 2011

Dartmoor Mountain Rescue 'A'sec (S.A.R) Grand opening...

The Members of Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team (Ashburton) would like to invite members of the public to The Grand Opening of their new Base and HQ from 14:00 on Saturday 24th September.

The Abbot of Buckfast Abbey will preside over Ribbon Cutting at around 14:15, after which there will be an opportunity to look around our new home, meet the
Team Members and discover more about what we do. Refreshments will be
available.
The base is situated at grid SX745677 at Furzeleigh on the old A38 between Buckfastleigh & Ashburton.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

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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.

Friday 23 September 2011

Dartmoor Mountain Rescue 'A'sec (S.A.R) Grand opening...

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