tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337210757388909432024-03-13T13:55:28.743+00:00Jon Mac.Spoon Carving First StepsSpoon carving and kuksa carving from a bushcraft perspective.Jon Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02116552308393599804noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133721075738890943.post-79301793870414236672022-06-29T15:45:00.000+01:002022-06-29T15:45:31.064+01:00Carving a Dragon Kuksa. <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Carving a Dragon Kuksa. </span></b></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="A hand carved Dragon Kuksa." border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdP695uoL85KA1l__Z5o7A0_7Af9aa9OFIb4Q6H4NUc9njK9xoa3by8sZsf7pRE3oEGELuizXlGFH5shi07mdb2YbAzDD3A19EL6C-J8PZD9hF_Ublg8icrsqUV3rUpZGpUUT7gzJSHaFj4l2KZFdFHe85GsyaQj1pLiC6q-hI85qIjiU6c6c-vP2fVw/w400-h225/dragon-kuksa.jpg" title="Dragon Kuksa-Jon Mac." width="400" /></p></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">I have been carving Kuksa from green Birch for 15 years or so, I’m self taught. From the beginning, I limited myself to a handful of tools, Axe, knife and hook knife plus a few bits and pieces to keep everything sharp. I’m a hiker and hillwalker and the tools I use are portable and useful at camp. For some time I carved Kuksa with simple lines, but there came a time when I wanted to stretch my skills. I started to carve stylised Ale Hens and then applied what I learned from those projects to a more compact, small drinking vessel, a Kuksa. I added a few more tools to my pack, a small detail knife, a folding pull saw and a small length of Deer antler. All of my carvings, whether Kuksa or spoon, are undertaken “in hand” so no holdfast or vice are required. Now, the carve I am about to describe is a little more involved and will require a few more bits and pieces. Here’s a tool list.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Materials and Tool list.</span></div><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Carving Axe. Nic Westermann</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Carving knife (Scandinavian Grind). MiniMac</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Closed form hook knife. Nic Westermann’s Finishing blade Small detail knife. Nic Westermann Small Chip Carving blade Pull saw. Silky Big Boy and Pocket Boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Green and Salmon coloured milk Paint. Old Fashioned Milk Paint. Gold leaf. Gedeo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Gilding Paste. Pebeo Deco Vinage E</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ff</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">et Gilding Paste</span></div></span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">2b Pencil.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Black wax pencil.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dark red wax pencil.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Small paint brush.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A few wooden kebab sticks or match sticks. Compass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tung oil. Liberon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cheap brand Blu Tack.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Clean green Birch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A carving stump.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">The kit list includes cheap brand Blu Tack, use this for removing pencil marks. The cheaper brands seem to be a little more e</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ective. The kebab stick or sharpened match stick is used for dabbing gilding paste into eye sockets, nostrils, bowl rim and collar decoration. The gilding paste is used to glue on the gold leaf. The Tung oil is to seal the carve once completed. The main carving tools are self explanatory. At any time during the carve, up until the salt water boil, you can pop the carve into a bucket of water or a stream overnight to keep the carve wet which will inhibit cracking. Carve in the shade and don’t let the carve dry too quickly.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">The first thing you’ll need is a length of clean ( no knots ) Birch or similar suitable wood approximately 6” to 8” diameter and 8’ long. Split in half lengthways making sure one half is free of knots. From this billet you need to Axe out a teardrop shape, first Axe the neck then round o</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">the back and underside of the bowl. Reduce the size of the blank until it fits comfortably in your hand. Leave a little wriggle room on the blank to allow you to centre up and add details later on.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjzwazx0Z6wqjwgD7FNH_agA39e3Ofyav2Pv7XBUu4qgToKAlQaFF7jHEDoMXbQLQaQYklYkEXOROXaDdTH3ThfX7QotJyYMhoGqohbbogPaI-ytuXZMEShpv9gA0_lwIQAVg8i_2IA25ixLYM3vSkpUu--Uf4rZYln-11b8JDDRGWz6nUGK-jl0CvQ/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving a kuksa. Marking out" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjzwazx0Z6wqjwgD7FNH_agA39e3Ofyav2Pv7XBUu4qgToKAlQaFF7jHEDoMXbQLQaQYklYkEXOROXaDdTH3ThfX7QotJyYMhoGqohbbogPaI-ytuXZMEShpv9gA0_lwIQAVg8i_2IA25ixLYM3vSkpUu--Uf4rZYln-11b8JDDRGWz6nUGK-jl0CvQ/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-1.jpg" title="Carving a Dragon Kuksa" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGqaPE2fQH21nwMeqcJbLybNCA6EnRfNRFrKQa6lkY4ppB4cGtwO9NIaeJ4te9np9P2BqPWruSsEQBKANMSRxSCmfolhnaVSzMbxKvA_55DcmaPl4KC--UW9MysSrsIQ2aGFNpkQ248oGNP2-jfaoKaSlgaDtqNf2rtIO89LmoILC6kzflU3h8kXJ2g/s1064/02-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marking out a Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGqaPE2fQH21nwMeqcJbLybNCA6EnRfNRFrKQa6lkY4ppB4cGtwO9NIaeJ4te9np9P2BqPWruSsEQBKANMSRxSCmfolhnaVSzMbxKvA_55DcmaPl4KC--UW9MysSrsIQ2aGFNpkQ248oGNP2-jfaoKaSlgaDtqNf2rtIO89LmoILC6kzflU3h8kXJ2g/w400-h301/02-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWgSP-DkruM_e17e6mFk5BmwvHG6_O8AYJyz4a8V-SKUIAiDvRpAvNYQZI5QDBfY2VapOVgX5BUZAyMAkcemFds48I7h6Oyd4S_zbvAeenZIxnpbYBjhaOj65qLpOH_3ebTxNbrGrYfOwv3BCGOFVGT9lWPmFRV4WURFliC4xjuIBiTxKqpRstiXQbw/s1064/03-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marking out a Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWgSP-DkruM_e17e6mFk5BmwvHG6_O8AYJyz4a8V-SKUIAiDvRpAvNYQZI5QDBfY2VapOVgX5BUZAyMAkcemFds48I7h6Oyd4S_zbvAeenZIxnpbYBjhaOj65qLpOH_3ebTxNbrGrYfOwv3BCGOFVGT9lWPmFRV4WURFliC4xjuIBiTxKqpRstiXQbw/w400-h301/03-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving.Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Carefully Axe out a ‘V’ cut to allow the neck to be formed at a point measured from the rear of the bowl equal to the width of the bowl, Axe out the top of the bowl to allow for a sweeping bowl rim. Once you have started the ‘V’ cut for the neck and have achieved a suitable depth, switch to using your knife and start forming the neck shape. For ease of description we’ll call this the inner neck. Use sweeping curved slicing cuts.</span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfxaE83DLt4xRx4Fv6Q1sUkOd3WzJw-B1Q6MVIepKhTLk9D_B6J5aJALOUYtvSOyEYm9wSyDRlzmgXVaxO6Gmx5_e1qVcD5FrqyIfCXnnJHGDL6v3kGaZD7mKDR0FFBBQWXI1gvos95n1Hb8AroPgr-w-TaOhD52nsKrZczl2UQAoyyvBtyAuPdBg_w/s1064/04-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving a Kuksa handle" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfxaE83DLt4xRx4Fv6Q1sUkOd3WzJw-B1Q6MVIepKhTLk9D_B6J5aJALOUYtvSOyEYm9wSyDRlzmgXVaxO6Gmx5_e1qVcD5FrqyIfCXnnJHGDL6v3kGaZD7mKDR0FFBBQWXI1gvos95n1Hb8AroPgr-w-TaOhD52nsKrZczl2UQAoyyvBtyAuPdBg_w/w400-h301/04-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">You will soon encounter a problem with grain direction half way along the neck. To obviate the issue where the grain from the head end and body end coincide, make two stop cuts with your knife approximately 1/2 “ apart and form a collar where the two grain directions meet.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgE1goEQfyV9Ov90tcORpiNAdhNUdZYfZhP-yqXaTLl0kSXnV8m3eoVl_ndACsRnuwcUcU3cG96NjD4tFTZ4DAfTWo4loBSE709aH2uGLPjpI2x6ArgB8w3TtwG8Pzr56sAkCLIMB-CgWpUHnceAEoFaZ2bxuRJgBsPpMJe5Rfm3rH4Q5BqEDYnFUZQ/s1064/05-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving the collar on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgE1goEQfyV9Ov90tcORpiNAdhNUdZYfZhP-yqXaTLl0kSXnV8m3eoVl_ndACsRnuwcUcU3cG96NjD4tFTZ4DAfTWo4loBSE709aH2uGLPjpI2x6ArgB8w3TtwG8Pzr56sAkCLIMB-CgWpUHnceAEoFaZ2bxuRJgBsPpMJe5Rfm3rH4Q5BqEDYnFUZQ/w400-h301/05-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Use sweeping cuts with your knife set at 45 degrees across the grain to form the first stage of the inner neck, don’t forget that there is a secondary stage to the inner neck which forms the lower inner jaw. Again, use sweeping cuts. During these manoeuvres start working the knife over the complete work, tidying the Axe cuts and centring everything up. Use your eyes and touch to make the shape pleasing, also consider chamfering the rim of the bowl as the inner bowl will be undercut to follow the overall shape of the outer.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0W7CMpaNvIEQduvDzY06lhh65jcNghWyKzxdobDnE0r2iJyf2WO-MNCYzxFocniHua53uKRa58VeSHeO5_C9uihHWtFMdf6sBJfWDMaL1WIf3JdTyN6eTSeiMucH-cgPUr63vujFlt5ieeBHU2hd-j9oTsjPo5CQGqhiecGk_661hbcuGwh0EGey4yw/s1066/06-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving a Dragon Kuksa's neck" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1066" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0W7CMpaNvIEQduvDzY06lhh65jcNghWyKzxdobDnE0r2iJyf2WO-MNCYzxFocniHua53uKRa58VeSHeO5_C9uihHWtFMdf6sBJfWDMaL1WIf3JdTyN6eTSeiMucH-cgPUr63vujFlt5ieeBHU2hd-j9oTsjPo5CQGqhiecGk_661hbcuGwh0EGey4yw/w400-h300/06-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">With your hook knife, start hollowing the bowl. This will take some time, just be patient and keep your hook stropped. Use the hook across the grain to begin with and change the orientation of the hook, shown in the next two photographs.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDl3J9Xvc0M6iCedamD2LfN26cVSKyORh-2KofdgnNKUl3jub0pUsN7h-fuAWk8reATxRMzD4Qz0Xpmxrkr4zVXX5NVhPqRE0lUzFdTweX1sxXNa3ZgZXFLQPw4KFKWpdgtSnlVm0nn5W4EfQW7B963_3fwFtjYzrBN8FHVNw9C_eLrAp7ZiyiDsSFZw/s1066/07-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving the bowl of a kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1066" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDl3J9Xvc0M6iCedamD2LfN26cVSKyORh-2KofdgnNKUl3jub0pUsN7h-fuAWk8reATxRMzD4Qz0Xpmxrkr4zVXX5NVhPqRE0lUzFdTweX1sxXNa3ZgZXFLQPw4KFKWpdgtSnlVm0nn5W4EfQW7B963_3fwFtjYzrBN8FHVNw9C_eLrAp7ZiyiDsSFZw/w400-h300/07-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvGj2JwlFbjbUosXdVn17He6LFiVbth8n3Y_hNv8bcU-yospLfe9_pZVj0UTcMXW0GfrSP18zUX6Q5Ojw_HhMGeLnXAxgYxMtvJvoyTWzGEdaMOesOchOKkXHyNvM3iKKZYOw926CpEDyf4M5qa9rUoFir615h2d2F5vC86QYgMsrPeBpLm9rNiZz4w/s1064/08-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving a kuksa bowl" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvGj2JwlFbjbUosXdVn17He6LFiVbth8n3Y_hNv8bcU-yospLfe9_pZVj0UTcMXW0GfrSP18zUX6Q5Ojw_HhMGeLnXAxgYxMtvJvoyTWzGEdaMOesOchOKkXHyNvM3iKKZYOw926CpEDyf4M5qa9rUoFir615h2d2F5vC86QYgMsrPeBpLm9rNiZz4w/w400-h301/08-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Once the inner neck reaches completion you can now pay attention to the Dragon’s face, this is formed using the same sweeping cuts with the knife set at 45 degrees across the grain. Don’t be afraid to saw away any excess wood with your pull saw before you start, there will undoubtably be some. You will now pay attention to the sweep of the Dragons neck from the collar, over the top of its head and down to its face. The sweep needs to be graceful and higher than the lip of the bowl, you should have enough space to lower the bowl lip if need be.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmTwGqPXPqjnX7jNbNM9oTZIdtUg5GGqz8tV8hi4UsUVYbElzLSF0l6wgZ9caYZPXX0KOqoMwx3j9Z4je9Z3S8_QD4PUAuDumcohklHulgCoXb0iCAhy0NG3EbLJjXPcV5VrJxaUZCzJmCP-eumwwb4M7Iu6T3BhJjLqv_oPx2mDl5BAwgiRD2Z0XhA/s1064/09-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A partially finished kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmTwGqPXPqjnX7jNbNM9oTZIdtUg5GGqz8tV8hi4UsUVYbElzLSF0l6wgZ9caYZPXX0KOqoMwx3j9Z4je9Z3S8_QD4PUAuDumcohklHulgCoXb0iCAhy0NG3EbLJjXPcV5VrJxaUZCzJmCP-eumwwb4M7Iu6T3BhJjLqv_oPx2mDl5BAwgiRD2Z0XhA/w400-h301/09-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Once you have the Kuksa hollowed with a wall thickness of approximately 1/2 “ on the lower wall, tapering to 1/4 “ at the rim, stop.......</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">The next step has no accompanying photos. You’ll need a saucepan or pot big enough to accommodate the Kuksa. Pop the Kuksa in a pot and cover it with water, add three or so tablespoons of salt, pop the pan on the stove and bring the water to the boil, simmer the Kuksa for an hour or so. The water should take on a light brown colour after a time. Remove the Kuksa and let it sit over night. In the morning the Kuksa should be cool but wet to the touch, dry the outer with a towel and start carving the planking, you’ll find fairly dry wood quite quickly.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">To make the planking e</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ect, start at the lip of the bowl and carefully, with your knife, plane a flat edge starting from the Dragons collar running right round the bowl back to the collar. Tidy this first plank and move down to the next. It will soon become obvious that you can tidy up the width of the first plank by altering the top of the second plank. Keep moving round the Kuksa, adding planks as you go. You may find that the Kuksa is still a little damp, you can go over the planking once more with a re sharpened knife later on when dryer.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFEKNVO-YXkA_xZEhkM2GS8w0cLVyVJxL4UVpEGQPSNTXVF-b4argxpfdlrs71S_Wp3z8VcJARqSJG_bzrBjAkpSlLS8MuDgUTWJNu5VB9HezMN0Q5jWOAePfd_A6iPAl5XAb9cG5cTtbmanfJR_1VER__cN_MHZN2eL25_tjzRuRQ6Ctw9awwS012g/s1064/10-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving the planking on a dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFEKNVO-YXkA_xZEhkM2GS8w0cLVyVJxL4UVpEGQPSNTXVF-b4argxpfdlrs71S_Wp3z8VcJARqSJG_bzrBjAkpSlLS8MuDgUTWJNu5VB9HezMN0Q5jWOAePfd_A6iPAl5XAb9cG5cTtbmanfJR_1VER__cN_MHZN2eL25_tjzRuRQ6Ctw9awwS012g/w400-h301/10-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Next, cut out the Dragon mouth starting with a ‘V’ cut and carefully working the opening with twisting cuts using the tip of your knife. Note later photographs where you can see I’ve left a triangular tooth like shape at the mouth opening.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 3"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt2I4YmfxSslcEsWkpkjebVPFsfEw2f1xjZD3HF5Q1t2Xvz6lxZ2bSyJg9-isT0TYM9cMvRCL1c7qelDrI6Qqv0GKVHVQ_KGbGPL7Ndbm7h7T6lv9Sbszt46n3RlSN4JrqpsujVPWqNqb8oAGot7x1uradkqFUCvcWdCnUrRQTJwPEI4lzZywcrANtQ/s1064/11-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving a Dragon Kuksa, the mouth" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt2I4YmfxSslcEsWkpkjebVPFsfEw2f1xjZD3HF5Q1t2Xvz6lxZ2bSyJg9-isT0TYM9cMvRCL1c7qelDrI6Qqv0GKVHVQ_KGbGPL7Ndbm7h7T6lv9Sbszt46n3RlSN4JrqpsujVPWqNqb8oAGot7x1uradkqFUCvcWdCnUrRQTJwPEI4lzZywcrANtQ/w400-h301/11-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">You can also start cutting in the Dragon horns at the top of the head. Make them simple and not too fragile.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FKRtLF_UmUmQZMKnxGYc4gEDPeuCVUMqGujeKM-LC6wckBIjfGEwlOEql44--GSEAsviTdHUJnANMCFuqEnM3rxH70L3rDBLSPm3EvNTD6zQiDtUXr_6f7uh1Yq5tkxqqU293GOdqi79asp1fCc9lKsMMc1XVPycsht00t5w2yJpEOmQ1USl-Ehh3g/s1066/12-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving horns on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1066" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FKRtLF_UmUmQZMKnxGYc4gEDPeuCVUMqGujeKM-LC6wckBIjfGEwlOEql44--GSEAsviTdHUJnANMCFuqEnM3rxH70L3rDBLSPm3EvNTD6zQiDtUXr_6f7uh1Yq5tkxqqU293GOdqi79asp1fCc9lKsMMc1XVPycsht00t5w2yJpEOmQ1USl-Ehh3g/w400-h300/12-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">You will now need to re visit the bowl inner, cleaning it up and introducing the undercut at the lip. Once you are happy with the undercut, you can start to tidy the rim of the Kuksa. Once the rim has been tidied up, it is di</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ffi</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">cult to re visit the inner as you will damage the rim in the process.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hWnuYRy8ntba79fEyS7fIJupcmr1XBBpGnPXgiRUw8VKhb59a9KINNU61ygJ2zrOVOLO14NeQ1szy4UUUoBLMu-lpaDGcQuh8p2a79Cegd5al5PicVUDHkH_6s7ibZyHShLVyPgIW5w_SyF4UQ1jCQDupNI8iwXOp3Votw-FeUa6A_XYFngrmJJRdw/s1125/13-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Overview of the undercut on a kuksa bowl" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1125" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hWnuYRy8ntba79fEyS7fIJupcmr1XBBpGnPXgiRUw8VKhb59a9KINNU61ygJ2zrOVOLO14NeQ1szy4UUUoBLMu-lpaDGcQuh8p2a79Cegd5al5PicVUDHkH_6s7ibZyHShLVyPgIW5w_SyF4UQ1jCQDupNI8iwXOp3Votw-FeUa6A_XYFngrmJJRdw/w400-h285/13-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">You’ll need to cut in its mane using tiny ‘V’ cuts and pop a little detail around its mouth using your chosen detail knife. You might also want to add a little scalloping around the collar, do this with your small detail knife making a dish shaped cut.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUNnaiN9_g4MymysyxASA4YlALKH4gU-GOZzif8rVL9Y8mFJ3u8YQrEm6s7CZ55Zaacg_Vu9ca84FpCpxzq01VU7enkBjnFr3Q_8W2iEgadY4oL139PRsaLYJwMZwIOKguJWDLK1KnLANhH_FkbeFZ2iJS6LCdxlBGaSFx9U4_oK8WvkN-rUxVAG6pg/s1064/14-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving the mouth detail on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUNnaiN9_g4MymysyxASA4YlALKH4gU-GOZzif8rVL9Y8mFJ3u8YQrEm6s7CZ55Zaacg_Vu9ca84FpCpxzq01VU7enkBjnFr3Q_8W2iEgadY4oL139PRsaLYJwMZwIOKguJWDLK1KnLANhH_FkbeFZ2iJS6LCdxlBGaSFx9U4_oK8WvkN-rUxVAG6pg/w400-h301/14-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sLuEaE6IiFOp6l7fbMBDEEYJ_oM_Mn51XntbsvDcxzF5YSMHgD8T2IWSjd4kIc0f7J9XSnjvhqMsRxDULHoWVXDmTIgUO-BXFytmAHBR4FRxrqn2UOrsOj9rxT3vKXJrKRDjSiWJ-rWFl4rPdjIn8uEOs75RHbKJtrbYvysT8hNWIEG-LlwsGTycow/s1064/15-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving the grip into a kuksa handle" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sLuEaE6IiFOp6l7fbMBDEEYJ_oM_Mn51XntbsvDcxzF5YSMHgD8T2IWSjd4kIc0f7J9XSnjvhqMsRxDULHoWVXDmTIgUO-BXFytmAHBR4FRxrqn2UOrsOj9rxT3vKXJrKRDjSiWJ-rWFl4rPdjIn8uEOs75RHbKJtrbYvysT8hNWIEG-LlwsGTycow/w400-h301/15-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">You should now have the basis of a Dragon Kuksa which will need a few bits and pieces of detail adding before it gets a coat or two of paint. The Kuksa will still be “Green”, however, boiling it in salt water will speed up the drying time and relax the wood. So wait a week or so before painting and oiling</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Once you’ve tidied everything up and the Kuksa is dry, you can commence painting your Kuksa with milk paint. Be sparing as you don’t need a large amount, a tablespoon or two of warm water should get the job done. Mix in the powdered paint a teaspoon tip at a time to make a watery wash. Follow the instructions that come with the paint, but don’t make it too thick.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CRSIZ9jihGPJjhqGYNEWjwo-se_70-holDHI7WRQJVGvbk9dNkYyG4pgCIi576RvYltpoK3NYbuJbKE_ixIW919f_ENAeVNH5bOfuNFLVV3hTqNhUkiZUdqw-38ZmKnSGbGMw1RSbxoNF_kbEInGZ_o35wjNE-62MOoftt9LWgXXriY9mHfG-7cUmw/s1064/16-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="milk paint" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CRSIZ9jihGPJjhqGYNEWjwo-se_70-holDHI7WRQJVGvbk9dNkYyG4pgCIi576RvYltpoK3NYbuJbKE_ixIW919f_ENAeVNH5bOfuNFLVV3hTqNhUkiZUdqw-38ZmKnSGbGMw1RSbxoNF_kbEInGZ_o35wjNE-62MOoftt9LWgXXriY9mHfG-7cUmw/w400-h301/16-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTl7qAw61aInk6QwJ4zzc1hSNStWSRnwcHEPsbpFsT8NWcjARJWZ1G1kgxBE2qy_PdDFcfc5OF-8dHrdrtb5UF3NxUKSffSMzkkhHAn33pKQtsVz8Zno26-kYq2X3PorO0-_qcooscItkP6ti-Cw6SdjRN86kRwYL2Q1c2yZZjqa3MrWjZHxgfdYv0g/s1064/17-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Painting a kuksa with milk paint" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTl7qAw61aInk6QwJ4zzc1hSNStWSRnwcHEPsbpFsT8NWcjARJWZ1G1kgxBE2qy_PdDFcfc5OF-8dHrdrtb5UF3NxUKSffSMzkkhHAn33pKQtsVz8Zno26-kYq2X3PorO0-_qcooscItkP6ti-Cw6SdjRN86kRwYL2Q1c2yZZjqa3MrWjZHxgfdYv0g/w400-h301/17-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Once you’ve mixed, start painting the outside of the Kuksa only, leave the inner natural. Brush on a thin coat and leave it over night. Add a second coat and leave to dry, then mix up a little Salmon coloured milk paint and paint the inner part of the mouth. Again, leave to dry and add a second coat when ready. Once dry you’re now set to mark out its flames, eyes, nostrils and other decoration you may wish to add. Once marked out with your 2b pencil, employ a ‘V’ cut following the marks.</span></div><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Use a wax pencil to mark up the flames and face detail.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn0TM1ksdSzwBzihqvAviFDv7culbJyi0ywXxmtETci8phSSKgJcn-Z40LxrNsa-PXXQ7uG-jJy2rHElc47nXyJbGI3Zrl8n8_NMYkoa4D7UhP73Pg3t7leVlnnelmPhzeRYaUxp292Jtd4ZU6X0LlKaaVDlyMAG-oqEnI8YRIycw6WhRzOyiy00FGw/s1064/18-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Adding decoration to a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn0TM1ksdSzwBzihqvAviFDv7culbJyi0ywXxmtETci8phSSKgJcn-Z40LxrNsa-PXXQ7uG-jJy2rHElc47nXyJbGI3Zrl8n8_NMYkoa4D7UhP73Pg3t7leVlnnelmPhzeRYaUxp292Jtd4ZU6X0LlKaaVDlyMAG-oqEnI8YRIycw6WhRzOyiy00FGw/w400-h301/18-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3nJS_3kr_len4TydRxhTpPtbX58hXcYPnNBAkI7tsafskOs4qXgY_1VXK_7e3oCuufT8KQZyJBR8pZHC_j_0b0xK1fo72fraQ6s1t_cXq2oBEXMQnesA9az58LfQaV_HiC3HZ2Hi29mIhxPqn0OIDqusZwNlOwyPGOR2-7CUNz53H8DmoNSmEBh8Kw/s1064/19-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Adding decoration to a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3nJS_3kr_len4TydRxhTpPtbX58hXcYPnNBAkI7tsafskOs4qXgY_1VXK_7e3oCuufT8KQZyJBR8pZHC_j_0b0xK1fo72fraQ6s1t_cXq2oBEXMQnesA9az58LfQaV_HiC3HZ2Hi29mIhxPqn0OIDqusZwNlOwyPGOR2-7CUNz53H8DmoNSmEBh8Kw/w400-h301/19-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEczld2gcXruD5W9T9rP6Nw5MaMj3zTl3y7OxUPrgooc-ATHRZ4xrRg2kb5q9PE1gDgbdfZWxrG_vsxYIm3m0Im-ML7X8Xl2MQzBA5rcjjDAFo0k4eSVizemt1hWwi_M9AwmiI-s8ZBkqZ75CS98M1yI78QCtoG9WWl7h-zpzZrOBKLvZuoiPiCvSLQ/s1064/20-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carving the eyes for a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEczld2gcXruD5W9T9rP6Nw5MaMj3zTl3y7OxUPrgooc-ATHRZ4xrRg2kb5q9PE1gDgbdfZWxrG_vsxYIm3m0Im-ML7X8Xl2MQzBA5rcjjDAFo0k4eSVizemt1hWwi_M9AwmiI-s8ZBkqZ75CS98M1yI78QCtoG9WWl7h-zpzZrOBKLvZuoiPiCvSLQ/w400-h301/20-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">You may wish to add some chip carving around the collar and a little decoration around the rim of the Kuksa. Use a compass to mark out the rim decorations, usually the second plank down is best. Mark around the rim leaving enough space between marks to add some stab carving in between. The compass marks can then be made permanent by using a round ended bone or antler pressed into the wood. Make the triangular stab cuts with the point of a Scandinavian ground blade.</span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwEvi7EIJ3BJaTd0Cw9m-PXXGi8nmEu5oRML7cXpq6pJmqnMi7_XoL8ThfC4oGydF9r8PTJWxOvDgFhwInuCPz2Xl6iPagrK2FvaJUWtncPUGXkcgqpVEBj7iLZb9KeBxMUqf2k-fJZ9xNlrKP4k1vocGGptdRtYBqB4W-SxxmwHcJ_f8rlbwWNmdvA/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marking out decoration on a Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwEvi7EIJ3BJaTd0Cw9m-PXXGi8nmEu5oRML7cXpq6pJmqnMi7_XoL8ThfC4oGydF9r8PTJWxOvDgFhwInuCPz2Xl6iPagrK2FvaJUWtncPUGXkcgqpVEBj7iLZb9KeBxMUqf2k-fJZ9xNlrKP4k1vocGGptdRtYBqB4W-SxxmwHcJ_f8rlbwWNmdvA/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-21.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraXf-pAgnEeIdc__gK6BQwS5HcStdwwD3lJGhtQg8mgSUMgQ4Sjrmz4ylwp9CH6CJL8TunM_aFCUFiAc7V__tPrVHLSXmBfUjh2Gl48GLJyKGibCWastjh9HUZB0Kf9ImORQgCf7Fyoidz1JDWm_5Fql39OqWcVJVdWZ7bXuBzGSm83es0lFcQmFOlQ/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Making decorative indents on a kuksa carve" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraXf-pAgnEeIdc__gK6BQwS5HcStdwwD3lJGhtQg8mgSUMgQ4Sjrmz4ylwp9CH6CJL8TunM_aFCUFiAc7V__tPrVHLSXmBfUjh2Gl48GLJyKGibCWastjh9HUZB0Kf9ImORQgCf7Fyoidz1JDWm_5Fql39OqWcVJVdWZ7bXuBzGSm83es0lFcQmFOlQ/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-22.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJTjnWaQFMxgh_YkgaV6fiLJKh5b8M_8VAyPCr88fq0lA6IY6IAaCv17TvRLhXq1KGw3OAw39hcN-aZo1cm2_whHAVMAzQprXhbYOh3nMjNH401W_4x8ivXt2fwlWddpZEdyZwKJpTmVke5abhZY57TDpwIrtffeIL1gwFZ33N8ccfPZBhhzJL3PJHQ/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Decorative carving on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJTjnWaQFMxgh_YkgaV6fiLJKh5b8M_8VAyPCr88fq0lA6IY6IAaCv17TvRLhXq1KGw3OAw39hcN-aZo1cm2_whHAVMAzQprXhbYOh3nMjNH401W_4x8ivXt2fwlWddpZEdyZwKJpTmVke5abhZY57TDpwIrtffeIL1gwFZ33N8ccfPZBhhzJL3PJHQ/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-23.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">The decoration on the collar is made by marking out a small eight tipped star shape, using your small detail blade you make three cuts. The first from tip to centre, rocking the blade in.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOr7Nt2hbY0-8d1BlPDVYsLQ9mKnyICE7KjWnFdY59pANrYl-KbQ6VMbaIuv5RBNLhRpleWid78_PCReCVLWo1zz785ghgV9lU54k75q2P4ns_CL6kfjLxZXR0Iv3CN-9BL93R7vQzM9urBmkqn-SERBVcNoWETE_FLHyssxsofFIpwsZ4C2x2upThw/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chip carving detail on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOr7Nt2hbY0-8d1BlPDVYsLQ9mKnyICE7KjWnFdY59pANrYl-KbQ6VMbaIuv5RBNLhRpleWid78_PCReCVLWo1zz785ghgV9lU54k75q2P4ns_CL6kfjLxZXR0Iv3CN-9BL93R7vQzM9urBmkqn-SERBVcNoWETE_FLHyssxsofFIpwsZ4C2x2upThw/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-25.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The second from tip to the adjacent tip, again with a rock in motion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisERjia4IvlInqddqnmV1qmNNWs7tn8fUV8ZeOrTeObUpWRD3YTLUzW8sqwGnAxv2498GWrBmy_zalYbUvbaUTu-HJrWPUizlbw3sndBCwzJ5LCpCdkNRnIgyx_fFyqlbFojGMBHfxG3PXtr-JpwR9XVUmaz4vR8Ac5czZWbE3TISRz7CCfYLGS9fLsw/s1064/Kuksa-Karving-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chip carving detail on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisERjia4IvlInqddqnmV1qmNNWs7tn8fUV8ZeOrTeObUpWRD3YTLUzW8sqwGnAxv2498GWrBmy_zalYbUvbaUTu-HJrWPUizlbw3sndBCwzJ5LCpCdkNRnIgyx_fFyqlbFojGMBHfxG3PXtr-JpwR9XVUmaz4vR8Ac5czZWbE3TISRz7CCfYLGS9fLsw/w400-h301/Kuksa-Karving-24.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And the third is a slicing motion to remove the chip.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBXZumO1MDyyrqD9vP03cX9t5vz2NoyB3k72HciqE9GG6KxBz6t9H-3P9RZF88MW0-FsWVvKFk6PLWPqtCdTIGXi-rREKPC0DNLCn-9nKhbNalJ7PJy3Mv8ktHoOOR6J0TVHcSigwcZQmh620j-RvcW-hiQY5XlZzrmhLSSRx4KbzwqA-SreVHOGARw/s1066/26-imp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chip carving detail on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1066" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBXZumO1MDyyrqD9vP03cX9t5vz2NoyB3k72HciqE9GG6KxBz6t9H-3P9RZF88MW0-FsWVvKFk6PLWPqtCdTIGXi-rREKPC0DNLCn-9nKhbNalJ7PJy3Mv8ktHoOOR6J0TVHcSigwcZQmh620j-RvcW-hiQY5XlZzrmhLSSRx4KbzwqA-SreVHOGARw/w400-h300/26-imp.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The design on the top of the bowl is relieved in a similar way with a long vertical centre line cut</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">and two sweeping cuts on both sides.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAzXAR7E5qEgtzV4zc_iPLb-RQHVjFkuJlk4U6V_PUiJiQSXJdQ8rrNixQA90isTWqSL2JDUESCnc94BzSSIgDTwu34j4RC985vCF9IhLiZEvI2aH0cHxvnCpj1k_rh8eCQwsAj4CumOO9Q_SBMNY2mBm1hcQ64YY63_u3zdEHGC2mxOlZdfpr09MMg/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chip carving detail on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAzXAR7E5qEgtzV4zc_iPLb-RQHVjFkuJlk4U6V_PUiJiQSXJdQ8rrNixQA90isTWqSL2JDUESCnc94BzSSIgDTwu34j4RC985vCF9IhLiZEvI2aH0cHxvnCpj1k_rh8eCQwsAj4CumOO9Q_SBMNY2mBm1hcQ64YY63_u3zdEHGC2mxOlZdfpr09MMg/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-27.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">The next step is to add your gold leaf. With the point of a kebab stick or sharpened match, drop a spot of gilding paste into the dents you made around the rim, pop some on the teeth and the little scallops you made around the collar. Let it dry so it’s sticky to the touch, then with your trusty antler apply the gold leaf. Just lick the tip of the antler to pick up the leaf. It’ll look messy at first, press it on with clean fingers and let it dry. Once dry, brush the excess away with a soft brush.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoFXIaIT5lCmHIAYslaPqrX1hqfTSf8tmjWsJn2fNp9-HhndOR8dwvHYq_BzuGJVOjGk4PBcRfPD0Ka30swkeSsMnSqlKkTo7YYvnUsjRwkdF6tEvq-JTAqD677T9V6QLHZYrTX6hTIOFZUfjJQaS49U4RJ_oeZE5saAcrQlgGo8BeOqdVtWU6yFZsg/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gold leaf on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoFXIaIT5lCmHIAYslaPqrX1hqfTSf8tmjWsJn2fNp9-HhndOR8dwvHYq_BzuGJVOjGk4PBcRfPD0Ka30swkeSsMnSqlKkTo7YYvnUsjRwkdF6tEvq-JTAqD677T9V6QLHZYrTX6hTIOFZUfjJQaS49U4RJ_oeZE5saAcrQlgGo8BeOqdVtWU6yFZsg/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-28.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDWC3Xdj3F-l4TryRIvTUXLtjNRyC7i7afH10lCAV45qVzR9cjyv2u8PVeEkQFkRDNozcj9gf6eSnB9iukP5CXOcjKTW6_pZZOyPnuot6hO1TUInoIQUz-bkRCWXDgdHaoy3Enazfq6ivuk9Wgf2vkRZafyMH0-FQNOEOQ8lp3HCl0jJoy33tx-5LYQ/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gold leaf application on a kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDWC3Xdj3F-l4TryRIvTUXLtjNRyC7i7afH10lCAV45qVzR9cjyv2u8PVeEkQFkRDNozcj9gf6eSnB9iukP5CXOcjKTW6_pZZOyPnuot6hO1TUInoIQUz-bkRCWXDgdHaoy3Enazfq6ivuk9Wgf2vkRZafyMH0-FQNOEOQ8lp3HCl0jJoy33tx-5LYQ/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-29.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">The final thing now is to find some fine ground co</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ee beans, or fine ground dry co</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ee grouts. With your finger or a rag, oil over the band of stab carving around the lip of the Kulsa, then rub the grouts into the oil, wipe o</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">and you should be left with little black triangles surrounding your gold leaf dots</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF21bj3B1ANcjCJLwFs1Jm_Zm4c6YxgTCSRPhR6t1eCpLlNBzDrPk4YJ6RFCUlp4qJoWCQ5lyxfZZnfSerL9rAPqRFaSlXoTsyuK9IlVBrNie8HIzUm49Jayb0yJTxO4MlfJvq_ntXxukHWIxKO5N2bU5y7q-O4LUCfNQlDuo__0L7_91owpZ1RTPy5A/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kolrosing on a Dragon Kuksa" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF21bj3B1ANcjCJLwFs1Jm_Zm4c6YxgTCSRPhR6t1eCpLlNBzDrPk4YJ6RFCUlp4qJoWCQ5lyxfZZnfSerL9rAPqRFaSlXoTsyuK9IlVBrNie8HIzUm49Jayb0yJTxO4MlfJvq_ntXxukHWIxKO5N2bU5y7q-O4LUCfNQlDuo__0L7_91owpZ1RTPy5A/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-30.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Now coat the whole Kuksa with Tung oil, let it soak in and wipe away any excess. Leave it to dry for a couple of days and add a second coat, wipe o</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">ff </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">excess and let it dry.</span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You should now have a beautiful Dragon Kuksa made by your own hand.</span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfftqhzxEuoDTwKnbW3yM_9n5qAN-LEuDlHzXjmq_qk0r3UpsuGFkI_GS1MMuSoxfK7rCEn7eYygqg_BpaEQO1VKmS1aMHw-PecFVKk-dXml7R82PT4-KBwrB_3yyYtyvJVCMptsI0aMieP0ytGT_TlKQ1a21Uja6-mDxet9S8N_iFpGhBMFD_0ZQ2Uw/s1064/Kuksa-Carving-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A Dragon Kuksa carved by Jon Mac" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfftqhzxEuoDTwKnbW3yM_9n5qAN-LEuDlHzXjmq_qk0r3UpsuGFkI_GS1MMuSoxfK7rCEn7eYygqg_BpaEQO1VKmS1aMHw-PecFVKk-dXml7R82PT4-KBwrB_3yyYtyvJVCMptsI0aMieP0ytGT_TlKQ1a21Uja6-mDxet9S8N_iFpGhBMFD_0ZQ2Uw/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving-31.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jh8el-csviIy0-KpBc2Rw2-m7Iq8vL6pUK1BFqvbsbdXx636RQF9asHiynE1FYRq1NNJlhqSIxyedwe_fjdwnT__sDa66-xLud85cCLMXMslMHmhrIsvOvLvENZodz4jXYiRDfvp1F3KdsmNi0kP7cz8801YbKE-wnr2VZbgAyME7npZQdG0Hfx0OQ/s1064/Kuksa-Carving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A Dragon Kuksa carved by Jon Mac" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1064" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jh8el-csviIy0-KpBc2Rw2-m7Iq8vL6pUK1BFqvbsbdXx636RQF9asHiynE1FYRq1NNJlhqSIxyedwe_fjdwnT__sDa66-xLud85cCLMXMslMHmhrIsvOvLvENZodz4jXYiRDfvp1F3KdsmNi0kP7cz8801YbKE-wnr2VZbgAyME7npZQdG0Hfx0OQ/w400-h301/Kuksa-Carving.jpg" title="Kuksa Carving. Jon Mac" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">These Kuksa are drinking vessels, they will take a drink of water, spirit or ale.</span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I do have Kuksa that will take a drink of hot co</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ff</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ee, but be warned, the heat can be damaging, in which case, a good reason to carve another.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This instructional took a while to put together. Do me a favour and restore my faith by </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">buying</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> me a coffee, you'll find a donate button on the right. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you.</span></span></div><p></p></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 11pt;">Enjoy... J</span> </p>Jon Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02116552308393599804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133721075738890943.post-86152769196700421062021-02-16T15:31:00.001+00:002021-02-16T15:31:24.175+00:00Hand carved Birch Dragon Kuksa.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hand carved Birch Dragon Kuksa carved by Jon Mac using Axe, knife and open hook. The Dragon has been given chip carved and kolrossed decoration along with the addition of gold leaf highlights. The paint used is 'milk paint' and it's finished with Tung oil. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I will be available for spoon carving courses at the Crannog on the 29th 30th 31st July 1st August and the 6th August. Contact the Crannog or email me at jonmacbookings@gmail.com to secure your place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">A one day spooncarving course will cost £80 per d</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">ay.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete gets acquainted with Kuksa carving.</td></tr>
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Sarah and I will be back in the Shire and available for courses around the 1st September.</div>
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Drop me a line at jonmacbookings@gmail.com with your available dates and we'll make sure to adapt a course to your liking. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mac demonstrates a spot of chip carving.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebornferal (Martin) carves at Spoon Camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martin (rebornferal) starts his knife work.</td></tr>
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A photograph Martin took of my working knives.</div>
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My MiniMac carver.</div>
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My Typhoon Bushcraft knife.</div>
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A utility/splitting knife.</div>
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My favourite camp knife and food prep knife, the Macro.</div>
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And finally, the Grandfather MaChris bushcraft/carver.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mac's carving and camp knives.</td></tr>
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This wee lightweight Axe made by James Wood was a pleasure to use.</div>
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Go visit his web site to find his stock line.</div>
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<a href="https://www.jameswoodblacksmith.co.uk/products">https://www.jameswoodblacksmith.co.uk/products</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mac using a James Wood Axe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spoon/Kuksa Camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at KuksaCamp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mac hollows out a Kuksa at KuksaCamp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martin chip carves his new Kuksa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nic Westermann detail knife.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mac's stock at Spoon Camp.</td></tr>
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Linda came all the way from New Zealand.</div>
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She's an accomplished beginner and thoroughly enjoyed her course. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda and I stop for a brew.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Splitting with a froe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hollowing out a Kuksa with a hook knife.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter hard at it.</td></tr>
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Martin is a skilled Bushcrafter who goes by the monica ( rebornferel ) on Instagram.</div>
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What an enthusiastic young man !</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martin gets in close whilst finishing his Kuksa.</td></tr>
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Martin took a photograph of my very first Kuksa alongside my latest.</div>
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I think I'm making positive strides.<br />
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Peter is a Forest School instructor and decided to spend longer with me than he originally planned.</div>
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We carved Kuksa and spoon, we also touched on the sharpening aspect of carving.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mac and Peter discuss Kuksa shapes.</td></tr>
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Our Tentipi and Canvas Camp shelter here in the Shire.</div>
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We try and make the orchard as welcoming as possible.</div>
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We can accommodate a small group of camping carvers here. We'll even lend you our older tipi.</div>
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Mish and Derek.</div>
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What fun characters these two were.</div>
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We have two new friends .</div>
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Don't forget to email me if you wish to learn more about spoon and Kuksa carving.</div>
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Jon Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02116552308393599804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133721075738890943.post-43071671093883652202019-07-09T21:42:00.001+01:002019-07-10T09:29:31.577+01:00Jon Mac's spoon carving movie.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We've been busy here at Spoon Camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sun has been shining and we've had a steady stream of wonderful students.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This movie was shot by Mish and Derek, my most recent visitors, whilst I showed them the stages of spooncarving before I let them loose on some green Birch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We will be striking camp the week after next when we'll be moving up to Scotland and the Scottish Crannog Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I will be available for spoon carving courses at the Crannog on the 29th 30th 31st July 1st August and the 6th August. Contact the Crannog or email me at jonmacbookings@gmail.com to secure your place. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A one day spooncarving course will cost £80 per day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">See you there... J</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I recently took bookings for one to one carving tuition here at Kuksa-Camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To be honest, we had a Spoon-Camp too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />We set up camp for two students, one of whom contacted me as she was visiting from New Zealand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We've had a great time carving and teaching, we also had time to shake down some of our equipment well be packing for our tenure at the </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.crannog.co.uk/what-s-on/379-spoon-carving-workshop-with-jon-mac"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Scottish Crannog Centre.</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />Sarah and I will be at the Crannog<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">from Monday 29th July to Tuesday 6th August.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I will be demonstrating the fine art of spoon carving over the course of the 'Celts are coming' event, </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Friday 2nd August - Monday 5th August and I am available for courses at all other times. Contact the Crannog or email me at</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting to grips with Kuksa hollowing.</td></tr>
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Sarah Mac will be on hand to demonstrate her super skills in the art of wool felting and natural dyeing. She's a mine of information.</div>
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One of our students, Peter, from Preston, spent three days with us learning Kuksa and spoon carving techniques using only Axe, knife and hook knife.</div>
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We also lightly touched on the aspects of achieving a fine carving edge on ones knife.</div>
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The hook knife is central to my freestyle form of Kuksa and spoon carving.</div>
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Such a simple looking tool that one would imagine its use as minimal.</div>
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After some many years of using one I have managed to wring pretty much every advantage there is to its use whilst Kuksa carving.</div>
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I always try my hardest to pass these skills to my students.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter successfully hollowing his Kuksa with a hook knife.</td></tr>
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Sarah and I are gradually establishing the camp to include a limited space for students to camp over for weekend classes, we have a spare Tipi for your use and there is space for perhaps three normal sized tents.</div>
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We had a super sunny day with Linda who traveled all the way from NZ.</div>
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She wanted to learn how I went about carving my freehand spoons.</div>
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We had a good time and lots of laughs. She returned with her partner a day or so later and took me up to the local and bought me a pint or two. </div>
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If you wish to join me here in the Devon countryside have a look at the timetable I have posted in my previous posts, pick a day or weekend and if possible I will change the course heading to suit your requirements.</div>
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Enjoy.</div>
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Spring has finally arrived here in the Shire, although the temperatures a still struggling to reach mid teens. Sarah and I managed to find time for some walks earlier on in the season and we were treated to some beautiful days on Dartmoor, bright but windy and chilly. Below are some photos of one memorable morning on a walk out from Holming beam, Dartmoor.</div>
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It looks as if we might be warming up here this morning. The Northerly wind which has been a feature here for the last few months has finally disappeared leaving us with a few frost and wind damaged plants, but on the whole everything is fine.</div>
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Other than walking the Moors Sarah and I have been busy with our respective art forms.<br />Sarah has been busy making beautiful felt pots and tuffets.<br /> </div>
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The tuffet is the fleece of a sheep processed in such a way that one side, the sheep side is careful felted into a strong matrix leaving the fluffy side well, fluffy and the sheep is still skipping through the Bluebells, minus her coat of course.</div>
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This one is over six feet long and I'll be using it as part of my bed roll whilst camping this year.</div>
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Sarah made this large long tuffet in one of our tipis.<br style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;" />It's a bit of a messy process to start with as the fleece is covered in all manor of unmentionables. It becomes cleaner and cleaner as Sarah works the felt.</div>
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Whilst Sarah has been felting and dyeing wool I have run a few courses here in the orchard and over at Yarner wood, Dartmoor. The Yarner wood class usually takes place over the winter. We will be shuffling things about a little for this winter, 2019 and inviting members of the public to become involved in some way. </div>
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Sarah and I usually start the year off with a day at the 'Timber' event run by the Woodland Trust.</div>
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The event is small but usually well attended and this year was no exception.</div>
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We demonstrate and field questions regarding our folk art.</div>
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The weather cheered a little for our first Kuksa carving course. Three very motivated individuals took part and had a super weekend carving Kuksa. None of them had and experience with Axe, knife and hook knife, however they all made very tidy Kuksa to take home.</div>
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This is a photograph at the end of day one. I have to say they managed a fine job.</div>
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We set the camp up and settled in with a fire pit to keep warm.</div>
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Sarah and I have just returned from another really cosy family oriented show, 'The Spring Festival' where we experienced a beautiful warm day with lots of interested people paying a visit.</div>
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We are looking forward to welcoming some folks who have booked with us for spoon and Kuksa courses in the coming weeks. I can't wait to get the camp sorted and sharpen up the carving tools.</div>
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I found at our recent shows that some folk were flabbergasted that a spoon or Kuksa started life hidden within a round of wood. Hopefully I did a good job of showing them the way to release the spoon. As you know, I use three main Bushcraft tools for my folk art, Axe, knife and Hook knife. My carving style is, to say the least, nomadic.</div>
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I use decorative techniques from my earlier carving work including a little stab kolrossing.</div>
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If you bind the end of your large carving knife with leather leaving just the tip showing, you can use it to decorate your own work. I recently bought a wee blade from Nic Westermann for this job.</div>
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I have also started to explore the use of gilding to decorate my fiery Dragons. After all, Dragons love gold. but not too much, it's easy to gild the lilly.</div>
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When I teach Kuksa carving I usually ask my students to follow me and carve a simple design as shown below. From this design one can extrapolate from its basic shape and add an imaginative handle shape. I'm hoping to sit with a student soon who I'm hoping will spend a little more time with me at the orchard to work on the dragon head.</div>
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I have set out a set of dates when I will run spoon or Kuksa carving courses. You'll find the dates in an earlier post or for the eagle eyed you'll find course dates on the right hand side of this blogs main page. If you have an inkling to join me, select a date and give me an email at jonmacbookings@gmail.com I will adapt the printed schedule to fit your requirements.</div>
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If you'd like to spend time here with me in Devon you are welcome to arrive on a Friday, daytime or evening and camp either in one of my tipi or your own tent for the weekend at no extra cost.</div>
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In fact I've managed to lift the dates and they show at the bottom of this blog entry.</div>
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We'll even sort out a stove for you and a wee paraffin lamp to light your way.</div>
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These dates are adaptable to suit your needs.</div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">August - </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: -1pt;">Date and time Venue </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: 1pt;">Price and Booking</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">October 2019</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">Demonstration</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Jon Mac</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">WILDERNESS GATHERING 2019</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">15th - 18th August</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt;">Bush Farm Bison Centre West Knoyle Wiltshire BA12 6AE</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">WILDERNESS GATHERING 2019<br />A Festival Of Bushcraft & Music, Wild Camping & Open Fires. www.wilderness gathering.co.uk Come and meet Jon, as he demonstrates carving at this exciting festival.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 7th September OR<br />Sunday 8th September 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38606272" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/577ef174-c07f-4aaf-9d57-52a3d27b8dd2" width="52.311000" /><img alt="page2image38605888" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/e3572fbe-896c-4731-9798-2bc1bdb77a80" width="52.731000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 14th September OR<br />Sunday 15th September 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38606464" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/f75fb834-0eee-4a17-b62c-0f9839f1f429" width="52.311000" /><img alt="page2image38606080" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/fe651a6a-4a12-459f-873c-8fdbaa3281c9" width="52.731000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 21st<br />OR<br />Sunday 22nd September 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38638848" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/b2b63f01-7d9c-46e0-8ff1-c22cb7179b33" width="52.311000" /><img alt="page2image38639040" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/88e4b9bf-e713-4fee-8dca-cff1f6fe65cf" width="52.731000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 28th<br />OR<br />Sunday 29th September 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38606656" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/a50b9e6d-3671-4920-97e7-bbe07e718167" width="52.311000" /><img alt="page2image38606848" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/9d95fde2-1194-4312-935a-f20d0f58b61e" width="52.731000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 5th OR<br />Sunday 6th October 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38607424" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/07f5fc7c-b409-468f-8e71-f70687c7898f" width="52.311000" /><img alt="page2image38607616" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/eaca2a7d-d38a-4de1-9028-41c3ab638e15" width="52.731000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 26th<br />OR<br />Sunday 27th October 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38652544" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/406b210f-c38d-4bc1-84ae-f8243781e5db" width="52.311000" /><img alt="page2image38652352" height="0.350000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/324900ce-9722-4e4d-88ac-43490a89a22f" width="52.731000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Contact Jon to discuss availability for his 2 day Kuksa carving courses.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">April - August </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: 700;">Date and time Venue </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">2019</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Kuksa Carving with Jon Mac<br />2 day course</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 6th April AND Sunday 7th April</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">£160<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38640768" height="0.300000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/fa83df3b-9e3e-409c-a4ca-a8e66ef25d32" width="56.724000" /><img alt="page2image38640960" height="0.300000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/14afaa41-156e-4fe9-89da-a532681f6d2d" width="33.312000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 4th May OR Sunday 5th May</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="page2image38641536" height="0.300000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/ab2ae7c3-01ec-4a69-99b2-cc08b017a72d" width="56.724000" /><img alt="page2image38641728" height="0.300000" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/071d13fd-fb6e-4280-91c5-fb700008029d" width="33.312000" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">Demonstration</span><span style="font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Jon Mac</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Yarner Wood, Spring Woodland Festival</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Sunday 19th May<br />10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Yarner Wood Spring Woodland Festival</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Yarner Wood, East Dartmoor NNR, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9LN</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 8th June OR Sunday 9th June</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">These 2 day courses are for experienced and accomplished spoon carvers, who wish to develop their skills further, and learn the techniques required to make these beautiful drinking vessels. Jon will take you through all the stages in the kuksa carving process.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 700;">Demonstration</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Jon Mac</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">WILDERNESS GATHERING 2019</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">15th - 18th August</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt;">Bush Farm Bison Centre West Knoyle Wiltshire BA12 6AE</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">WILDERNESS GATHERING 2019<br />A Festival Of Bushcraft & Music, Wild Camping & Open Fires. www.wilderness gathering.co.uk Come and meet Jon, as he demonstrates carving at this exciting festival.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Torbryan, Devon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 21st<br />OR<br />Sunday 22nd September 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 26th<br />OR<br />Sunday 27th October 10:00 - 17:00</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">£80<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvi ngfirststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Kuksa Carving with Jon Mac<br />2 day course</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">£160<br />Book on line at</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Saturday 4th May OR Sunday 5th May</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Yarner Wood, Spring Woodland Festival</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt;">Yarner Wood Spring Woodland Festival</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Spoon Carving with Jon Mac</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">Follow the link on Jon’s website www.spooncarvingfir ststeps.com</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt;">The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore<br />Loch Tay Aberfeldy Scotland</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">£80<br />Booking via the Scottish Crannog Centre<br />+44 (0) 1887 830583 info@crannog.co.uk</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 6pt;">www.crannog.co.uk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">Jon Mac</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 7pt;">The Celts are Coming!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt;">The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore<br />Loch Tay Aberfeldy Scotland</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 8pt;">The Celts are Coming!<br />Come and meet Jon as he demonstrates at this wonderful event run by The Scottish Crannog Centre</span></div>
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Hi all, it's been a while since I've sat in front of the Mac to write to this blog.</div>
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I have written un-politically here in the past, but I must say the vote for 'Brexit' took the wind from my sails somewhat.</div>
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I've been determined to get out and about during 2017 and was successful in doing so.</div>
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Sarah and I have had a super year meeting friends old and new, I've drawn a line under some old projects and started new ones along the way, and I've been supported by some amazing people.</div>
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I started the year with a determination to get back into carving larger pieces, Kuksa and Ale hen, I also needed to experiment with ways of naturally stabilising these larger pieces. I needed to sort out a new permission where I could gather materials and clear out one of the old stone pigsties at home where I could sit and work. Along the way Sarah and I also felt the need to get out and about as much as time would allow.</div>
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I managed to damage my old light weight tent at the Wilderness Gathering a couple of years ago. I'd used the Vaude Space II for donkeys years. It had been my home on Dartmoor, back packed across France where it was my shelter wild camping on mountain and within woodland, it became my home again motorcycling across France during the early part of the century. It looked after us during the Gathering and finally came to grief on the take down, the summers sunshine over the years took it's toll, that plus the thorn of a wild rose.</div>
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Sarah and I always wanted a tipi, a huge one to live in and a smaller, packable one. The extra heigh would reduce the amount of crawling around I have to do when camping. We managed to get the smaller one crossed off the list with a <a href="http://www.robens.de/en/Products/tents/trail/green-cone">Robens Green Cone</a>.</div>
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The tipi was super with hardly any crawling about involved. The outer plus it's centre pole runs in at approx 2 kilos, the inner brings it up to 5kilos. We took the inner only and it worked well. A bit fiddly putting it up but I'm sure as experience grows the job will become simpler.</div>
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As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to re-visit Kuksa carving with the same three tool arrangement as before but with a new outlook, a new design and solving any stability problems along the way.</div>
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The dragon came about after a friend wanted a 'new Kuksa'. I started carving a bowl with a kind of ale hen tail handle. After a while I thought it a daft idea, it needs a head, of course it does.<br />
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Theres a first time for everything and it worked.<br />
From that first Devon Dragon Kuksa came interest from many directions, it seemed to fire the imagination and I've made quite a few over the summer.<br />
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They are fun to make, probably the hardest design I've carved to date, I think it's a coming together of everything I've learned over the years.<br />
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Alongside the carving I was in touch with the folk at <a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/">The Scottish Crannog Centre</a>.<br />
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I visited the Scottish Crannog Centre a couple of years ago and was very taken by the work put into the construction of the Crannog itself, not only that, but the demonstrations given by the very committed staff where informative and fun.<br />
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The Crannog is now 20 years old and has just been accredited 'museum' status.</div>
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I've been busy carving and finishing Devon dragon Kuksa for customers and I've carved a few simple Kuksa for sale at some of our up-coming events. </div>
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We're headed up to The Scottish Crannog Centre for a week or two where there are still slots available for spooncarving tuition.</div>
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We have a busy period round the corner where I will be demonstrating and teaching at some special venues.</div>
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The first is the '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Marldonapplepiefair/">Marldon Apple Pie Fair</a>' which is close to Totnes.</div>
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The fair will be on Saturday the 28th July.</div>
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I will be there with Sarah demonstrating the fine art of spooncarving.</div>
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Shortly after, we will be filling the car and heading north up to the highlands of Scotland where I will be resident at the '<a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/events/345-spoon-carving-with-jon-mac">Scottish Crannog Centre</a>' from Wednesday 1st August till Tuesday 7th August.</div>
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I will be running courses over that time period and I will also be demonstrating over the weekend of Saturday 4th Sunday 5th at the Crannogs yearly '<a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/events/312-the-celts-are-coming2">The Celts are Coming</a>' event.</div>
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We may even get a chance to sleep in the Crannog itself.</div>
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The summer is coming along nicely here in the Shire, hot days and warm evenings have bought the BBQ out in us. Home made burgers and salad is a favourite of ours at this time of year.</div>
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When I use a BBQ, I enjoy the challenge of lighting it naturally, I usually use a flint and steel with some char-cloth and fine Birch bark to set light to some kindling that will then be covered with charcoal. I had a pair of white linen loons that I like'd to wear when the temperatures rose, unfortunately they have given up the ghost. I thought, as I'm running short of char-cloth I'd put them to good use. The material is purely natural, no man made fibres included, this is important. I have often used Denim successfully too.</div>
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I tear the cloth into strips and carefully roll the material, tightly to a size that will easily fit inside my trusty, rusty tin. I don't make the roll to big as I have to carefully remove the char-cloth once it's burned and cooled.</div>
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The tin has a lid with a good seal, it also has a tiny hole in it to let exhaust gasses escape during the burn. You can see the hole size in pictures further down the page. It also has a wooden plug that I can pop into the hole to seal it at the end of the burn.</div>
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After some minutes the fierce flame will stop and white smoke will take it's place. The process is almost over.</div>
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I've just added a new date to the courses I will be running before the summer holidays here in Devon.</div>
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I'm running a course for those that are further along their spoon carving journey.</div>
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The new date is 21st July.</div>
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I have posted a date for a spoon carving course here in Devon.</div>
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Join Jon Mac for an introduction to wooden spoon carving. Jon is a well respected spoon and Kuksa carver, who will take you through the use of three main tools used for hand carving wooden spoons from green wood. He will introduce you to the carving Axe, straight knife and hook knife, and show you safe useage to accomplish a carved spoon of your own. This is a one day course offered for the inexperienced, aspiring green wood spoon carver. All tools and wood needed for this course are supplied.</div>
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It's been quite a busy few weeks here in the Shire.</div>
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I've been running carving courses and completing orders for Dragon Kuksa.</div>
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These latest two were bought by an American collector.</div>
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Apparently he'll be sipping fine Scotch from them once they arrive.</div>
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As you know, I carve my Dragon Kuksa using the same technique I've been using for years.</div>
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Hand carved using Axe, knife and hook.</div>
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No electric tools or abrasives.</div>
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Pure pie power.</div>
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You can find pictorial tutorials earlier on in this blog that may well help you on your way to carving your own. Or contact me if you would like to sit with me for a weekend of tutorial and hands on carving.</div>
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I have, in between times, been carving spoons.</div>
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I have a basket of spoons ready for sale which I have photographed here, and a basket of spoons that need some decoration and oiling before they are ready.</div>
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The spoons shown here are hand carved by me using Axe, knife and hook.</div>
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These spoons are available for £35.00 inc post and pack, including the USA and Europe.</div>
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Simply email me with the Set number and number of spoon from left to right or screen shot the spoon you'd like to buy.</div>
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I've also spent some time writing and article for the folk at <a href="https://foxchapelpublishing.com/whittling-volume-5-2018.html">Fox Chapel Publishing</a>.</div>
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They contacted me a few months ago and asked if I could write a tutorial on spoon carving without a hook knife. I've written on this subject before here on SpoonCarvingFirstSteps, it can be accomplished by using a friction firelighting rig as written about <a href="http://www.spooncarvingfirststeps.com/2010/09/spooncarving-without-hook-knife.html">HERE</a> or by using a straight knife as touched on <a href="http://www.spooncarvingfirststeps.com/2016/08/spoon-carving-without-a-hook-knife.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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I still haven't written the complete 'How to' on using a straight knife only for SCFS and it looks like you'll have to wait a while longer, or buy the magazine for now.</div>
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I'm working on another two Kuksa, one is for a customer, again over in the States, and I'm hoping it'll be finished soon. </div>
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I must mention that whilst walking the hills of Dartmoor the other weekend, I came across a bit of ground that caught my geologists eye. On closer inspection, and after contacting a local historian, it looks like I may have found a forgotten WWII aircraft crash site. </div>
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I'm awaiting news with baited breath.</div>
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We had a super week here in our wee village down in Devon.</div>
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Sarah and I organised two spooncarving courses which we delivered in the old orchard next door.</div>
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We set up our little Laavu and a shelter sheet, popped the stove in and waited for the arrival of our first students on this particular site.</div>
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It takes a bit of hard work setting up a comfortable site, something that is pleasing to the eye and comfortable. I tapped into some skills I learned whilst working for a Chrysler Jeep roadshow some years ago. Judging by the smiles on the faces of our students, we made a good job of it.</div>
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I'm very keen on delivering good instruction and like to keep my group size to a minimum, five is the maximum. If students require a more intimate experience, I can accommodate their request. Our first students were from Northern Europe!</div>
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A super couple, one a fine furniture maker and the other an accomplished leatherworker.</div>
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It is often the case that my students are novices who have no experience in the use of Axe, knife and hook knife. I run through the whole process from Axe work through to the tricky hook, including knife safety and knife holds. We also spend some time on how to choose the best part of a log and how to split the round down to a useable size and shape.</div>
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The weather held for both courses, it was brighter for the second event, so we decided to go with a shelter sheet and leave the gazebo in its pack.</div>
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I will also be offering classes in carving Kuksa using only three edge tools, Axe, knife and hook. </div>
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Sarah and I spent a few nights in the Laavu, cooked dinner on the stove and enjoyed the peace bought on by the setting sun. The birdlife here about is bountiful, the dawn chorus is an absolute cacophony of song, utterly wonderful. We even saw owls fly over camp and listened to them calling from early afternoon through twilight until it became fully dark, then I guess the hunt for food began in earnest. We were snug in the Laavu, it was really quite warm...</div>
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Two day Kuksa carving course with Jon Mac, a leading exponent of spoon and Kuksa carving. Camping and carving in beautiful rural Devon.</h2>
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A two day course with Jon Mac at a beautiful rural location in Torbryan, Devon. Jon will teach you how to carve a Kuksa (wooden drinking cup) from green Birch, using traditional camp or bushcraft tools, namely Axe, straight knife and hook knife. The first day will involve Axe work, blanking out the Kuksa, and hooking out the bowl, the second day will revolve around hooking out the bowl and balancing out the overall shape. Jon will supply all tools needed, bring your own if you wish. You can camp at the site or you can find your own local accommodation. It is permissible to arrive on the Friday night to set camp for the course start on Saturday morning. Toilet available at the house.</div>
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I thought it was about time I made a movie of a complete spoon carve.</div>
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This is not a film of close up detail but a film covering all of the motions one needs to carve an eccentric Jon Mac pocket spoon using my three trusty edge tools, Axe, knife and hook knife.</div>
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I do hope you find this movie useful.</div>
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I recently handled a little blade I bought from <a href="http://nicwestermann.co.uk/">Nic Westermann</a> some time ago.</div>
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I've been meaning to have a proper attempt at chip carving and now I have the right tool I'm really enjoying the process.</div>
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You'll find how to pop your blade onto your own carved handle if you click <a href="http://www.spooncarvingfirststeps.com/2012/07/spoon-carving-hook-knife-from-nic.html">HERE</a></div>
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I've been carving some nice little pocket spoons recently, around five inches long, just right for lightweight campers or cycle tourists.</div>
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The first thing you need to do is carve your spoon, leaving enough space at the handle to allow for your chosen design.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">You will need to pass the board strop over the bevel in parallel with the cutting edge, don't run the strop past parallel as you will round the cutting edge. The important strop is on the internal part of the hook. Keep the strop flat against the internal bevel and again parallel with the cutting edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I promised Sarah that I would help by spreading the word in the hope that some of you might be able to pop a few pounds/dollars in her coffers.</span></span></div>
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I haven't been able to write for a while, I seem to have a bit of a block trying to transfer thought into the written word. I suspect the dull winter has some influence over this.</div>
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I've had a busy year showing, demonstrating and teaching.</div>
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It's been fabulous and I'd like to thank Frances and Barrie at the <a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/">Scottish Crannog</a> and Roger at <a href="http://www.wildernessgathering.co.uk/">Wildernessgathering</a> especially, for their support and faith in this old folk artist.</div>
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I've been on the tools over winter and have run a few experiments regarding stabilisation of Kuksa.</div>
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It's all working out well which has allowed me to produce more Kuksa without their associated issues.</div>
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I'm very pleased and will pass on my experience at courses during the year.</div>
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I am still limiting myself to three basic tools for my work, plus a wee 3mm gouge for making holes, so my output is slow, but steady.</div>
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Each kuksa I make can be replicated in the forest with the tools one uses for camp.</div>
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As you know, my work is available to purchase, simply contact me through my email and I'll send clear photographs of available work.</div>
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I have Kuksa ready to ship.</div>
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I have no spoons ready at the moment, everything on my spoons for sale page has a sold designation at the moment.<br />
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I'd like to show you a peep at my first piece of carving alongside my latest piece. </div>
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I've been on this journey for approximately 10 years now and have learned during my process, and I'm still learning.</div>
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From early days I decided to limit my tooling, this was a decision based on being able to travel and produce art.</div>
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So my first piece was carved using Axe and knife only, I used my knife to slice and chisel.</div>
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This first piece taught me a lot as my wood choice was wrong. </div>
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I chose a piece of very old hard oak.</div>
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A hook knife would have been useful, still, when you go down the 'self taught' route you can't expect to arrive at accomplished overnight.</div>
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So here it is, a first, a photograph depicting 10 years of journey without taking a lesson.</div>
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The left hand kuksa was finished yesterday, it's birch with carved facial details and some gold leaf to add a twinkle to your Cognac.</div>
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I'm glad I made it as it catapulted me toward the work I produce today.</div>
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I'd like to thank all of you for your comments and patience over the years.</div>
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I will be at the Crannog Centre in the summer both demonstrating and teaching, I'll pop course dates and prices up when I know more. I'll also be at the Wilderness Gathering with my wonderfull wife Sarah, who will bring along her wool dyeing hokus-pokus for those who wish to know how.</div>
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Jon Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02116552308393599804noreply@blogger.com1Devon, UK50.7155591 -3.530875000000037349.4288406 -6.1126620000000376 52.0022776 -0.94908800000003746tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133721075738890943.post-80380238952533106922017-07-31T13:11:00.000+01:002017-11-01T16:08:43.113+00:00Scottish Crannog Centre<br />
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The Celts are Coming! </h2>
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I'll be up at the wonderfull <a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/">Scottish Crannog Centre</a> on the weekend of the 5th - 6th August demonstrating spoon and Kuksa carving using three Nordic style tools.</div>
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Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th August 2017<br />
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The Summer event not to be missed is The Celts are Coming! The Centre's first living history extravaganza on 5th and 6th August will be held at the Forestry Commission picnic site at Dalerb, Kenmore and at the Scottish Crannog Centre. <br />
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Brimming with fascinating and unique activities for all ages and featuring artisans showcasing prehistoric crafts! <br />
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THE CELTS ARE COMING!<br />
A unique, interactive prehistoric extravaganza!<br />
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Discover the Iron Age at our spectacular Celts are Coming! Living History Fair and Iron Age Artisan Village.<br />
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With something for all the family, join us to find out how our ancestors made the most of their surroundings in this unique and interactive event.<br />
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Taking place on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th August at the Forestry Commission's lochside picnic site at Dalerb, Kenmore and at The Scottish Crannog Centre, South Loch Tay Road, Kenmore. <br />
The event commences at 10.30 a.m. and runs to 4.30 p.m. both days.<br />
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<a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/tickets">Purchase Tickets in Advance Here</a><br />
Take the Iron Age Trail between The Scottish Crannog Centre and Dalerb!<br />
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With every combi-ticket which provides entry to both venues, collect your free Explorer PastPort. <br />
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Fill your 'PastPort' with a sticker from each activity station (you will need a minimum of 4 from each venue). When you collect all 8 stickers, you will be awarded your Celts are Coming! Explorer Certificate.<br />
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This award is the first level in Scotland's Heritage Heroes Programme for families and young people.<br />
What's on at Dalerb!<br />
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Expert craftsmen and women will be assembling from far and wide to demonstrate dynamic Iron and Bronze Age crafts and skills at the Dalerb site.<br />
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Wow-Factor activities include: Bronze-Sword-Making; Smelting Iron in a Clay Furnace; Hide-Scraping and Tanning; Leather-working; Building and Firing Clay-Pots; Textile Crafts rendering rich colours from native plants; Prehistoric Cooking; Celtic Garden Display; Basketry and more!<br />
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The Iron Smelting Furnace in action! <br />
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* We're waiting for news of more artisan workers who might join us so please check back regularly for updates! <br />
For The Children! <br />
Dress like a Celt and be transported into the Iron Age! <br />
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Wee-Enactors Tent!<br />
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Full of Iron Age activities and fun for little Loch-Dwellers!<br />
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Would you be able to catch your next meal? <br />
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Try your hand at archery and spear-throwing!<br />
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Fishing or Trading? <br />
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Paddle into the Iron Age in our unique dug-out canoes!<br />
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Are you the Champion? <br />
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We're looking for an Iron Age hero in our IRON AGE GAMES! <br />
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See how you fare running in the Loch; test your strength in the Tug-O-WaterWar and reveal your talent for Trout-Tossing!<br />
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List of Demonstrators at Dalerb!<br />
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NEIL BURRIDGE<br />
Bronze Craft: Master prehistoric sword-maker<br />
<a href="http://www.bronze-age-swords.com/">www.bronze-age-swords.com</a><br />
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GRAHAM TAYLOR<br />
Potter and experimental archaeologist<br />
<a href="http://www.pottedhistory.com/">www.pottedhistory.com</a><br />
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DARRELL MARKEWITZ<br />
Iron-Worker and bladesmith; Prehistoric furnace and forging<br />
<a href="http://www.warehamfroge.ca/">www.warehamforge.ca</a><br />
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DR TERESA KAMPER<br />
Hide-Tanning specialist<br />
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CAROLINE NICOLAY<br />
Prehistoric and historic cooking demonstrations<br />
<a href="http://www.pariogallico.com/">www.pariogallico.com</a><br />
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THOMAS BEYNON<br />
Prehistoric and historic blacksmithing<br />
<a href="http://www.bbblacksmithing.co.uk/">www.bbblacksmithing.co.uk</a><br />
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HAMISH ODINSON<br />
Celtic and Nordic Leatherwork: demonstrations and sales<br />
<a href="http://www.half-goat-leatherwork.co.uk/">www.half-goat-leatherwork.co.uk</a><br />
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JENNIFER RATCLIFFE<br />
Textiles, Dyeing, Weaving and Re-enactment<br />
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SUZANNE SPORLEDER<br />
Pro Natura Breadalbane<br />
Celtic Garden; Horticulturalist; Plants/Herbs for sale<br />
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Food and Refreshments!<br />
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HOG ROAST!<br />
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You will work up an appetite wandering our Artisan Village around the Lochside and a Wild Boar Roll might just do the trick! The delicious, mouth-watering aroma will lead you instinctively to the Hog Roast where we've made it easy for you to purchase your meal rather than having to hunt for it!<br />
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Teas, coffees, soft drinks together with sandwiches and snacks will be for sale too if you need an accompaniement or alternative to the Wild Boar Rolls!<br />
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Additional Information for Dalerb! <br />
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INFORMATION STATION: Find out more about Archaeology, Living History, Ancient Crafts and Opportunities to Volunteer at The Scottish Crannog Centre.<br />
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VISITSCOTLAND HIGHLAND COO-VAN Sunday 6th Only: <br />
The VisitScotland Coo-Visors together with their Highland Coo-Van will be on site to provide information about the most amazing destination in the world - Scotland!<br />
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SUPERVISED FREE PARKING ON SITE <br />
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PUBLIC TOILETS<br />
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FIRST AID POST<br />
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DOGS: Well-behaved dogs are allowed at the Dalerb site provided they are on leads at all times<br />
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DISABLED ACCESS: Dalerb is wheelchair accessible but over grass and soft ground - please check weather conditions<br />
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CREDIT CARDS: Credit cards cannot be accepted at the Dalerb site - sorry. <br />
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WEATHER: We are in Scotland so let's face it, we can have all weather-fronts in just one day! Please ensure you have waterproofs and sturdy footwear with you - layers are always recommended. <br />
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FORWARD PLAN - BRING EXTRA CLOTHING: If you are coming along to take part in some of the activities you will get wet! It's essential therefore to bring some additional clothing and footwear to change into. <br />
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Buy your Tickets On-Line! <br />
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Purchase your tickets on-line in advance to avoid queuing! Please note that we are unable to process credit/debit card payments at Dalerb. <br />
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Why not make a day of it and save by buying combination tickets for both Dalerb and The Scottish Crannog Centre representing a great discount!<br />
<a href="http://www.crannog.co.uk/tickets">Purchase Tickets in Advance Here</a><br />
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What's on at The Scottish Crannog Centre!<br />
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Ever seen 2,500 year-old cut marks in wood?<br />
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Visit our exhibition to see some of the original 2,500 year-old artefacts recovered from Oakbank Crannog in Loch Tay.<br />
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Take a moment in the atmospheric Crannog and imagine life in the Iron Age<br />
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Sit beside a cozy log-fire and drift back 2,500 years in time.<br />
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Watch our expert guides, then have a go yourself!<br />
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Demonstrations of ancient crafts and technologies followed by hands-on interaction: Wood-turning; Stone-Drilling and Pecking; Drop-Spinning; Grain-Grinding and the Magical Fire-making by friction!<br />
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Dress like a Celt and really get into the spirit of life on the Loch! <br />
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We have Iron Age style cloaks, tunics and hats to help you step back 2,500 years.<br />
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Our ancestors also knew that there was nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread!<br />
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Clay oven bread-baking demonstrations and tasters.<br />
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Hands-on Tin-Casting and Jewellery-making!<br />
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Watch our guide melt tin over an open-fire and pour it into a mould you have made.<br />
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Wood-working demonstrations using replica Iron Age tools! <br />
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The Loch-dwellers had to make their own tools to build their homes - watch how it's done!<br />
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Spin a yarn or weave a tangled web! Try our giant Knitting Nancy; Rope-Plait toss and more in our textiles shelter! <br />
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Life on the Crannog meant you had to make everything yourself - including rope, mesh and clothing. <br />
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Additional Information for The Scottish Crannog Centre Site!<br />
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DOGS: We're really sorry but dogs are not permitted into the Scottish Crannog Centre site but we do have a lovely Doggy-Creche just outside our entrance where your four-legged pal can sit and wait for you. Water, shade and lots of photo opportunities guaranteed! <br />
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KIOSK-CAFE: - Serving coffee, teas, nibbles and 'themed' soft drinks. Enjoy your drink sitting on tree trunks crafted into chairs and tables in our outdoor cafe shelter - completely different from the modern coffee experience!<br />
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PARKING: Parking for visitors is available opposite the Centre in Taymouth Marina car park.<br />
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GIFTSHOP: Stocked with fantastic gifts for everyone. Plus, for those of you who made fire, dont forget your 'I Made Fire at the Scottish Crannog Centre' mug as a permanent reminder! <br />
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DISABILITIES: We welcome all visitors to the Centre, however, we are unable to get mobility scooters out onto the Crannog Roundhouse due to the nature of its construction - sorry. Push-along wheelchairs can be taken out to the house providing they are pulled backwards. We do not recommend those with spinal injuries attempt to go out to the Roundhouse. Our staff are very happy to help when possible so please ask when arriving at the Centre. The on-shore site is a combination of gravel, decking and wood-chip. <br />
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We've tried hard to think of everything you might need to know about the event but if you have a question we haven't covered here, please email at <a href="mailto:info@crannog.co.uk">info@crannog.co.uk</a> or call +44(0)1887 830583.<br />
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I thought it was about time I put down the Axe and camera and sat in front of the keyboard to give you a brief update on what is going on in the world of Mac.</div>
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It's been a long and sometimes difficult year with plenty of ups and downs.</div>
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This time last year, I was preparing to teach classes at various places in the North of these fair Isles, after cancelling my annual appearance at the <a href="http://www.wildernessgathering.co.uk/">Wilderness Gathering</a>.</div>
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On my return, I had a chat with Roger Harrington, and he has popped me back on the list. I'll be demonstrating spoon carving techniques along with my great chum <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/Old-Man-Woodcraft-1522254614688737/">Terry Longhurst</a>, at the Bush Farm Bison Centre, West Knoyle, Wiltshire, in August.</div>
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We also came home to discover the folk we were renting from had been far from truthful in some matters, and we had to find a new home.</div>
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We have moved into a splendid little cottage in the Shire, for the first time in many years we no longer live on Dartmoor, but have instead become close neighbours to the big old granite lump.</div>
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Since the move, I have had various meetings with various companies, who are interested in producing my MiniMac carving knife design, with some success.</div>
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I'm hoping to move production soon, as problems developed with our supply line, and I am looking forward to the New Year, when hopefully they will be made available on a large scale, manufactured from 52100 and at a reasonable, affordable price point. The New Year is a way off, and I'm determined to make it happen.</div>
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I have finally convinced <a href="https://www.workshopheaven.com/jon-mac-bushcraft-auger-set.html">WorkshopHeaven</a> to produce and stock my <a href="https://www.workshopheaven.com/jon-mac-bushcraft-auger-set.html">Bushcraft Auger</a> set and I will post a tutorial on it, when I've finished a large batch of Kuksa I'm working on.</div>
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I have also procured a plot of land in the village, where I can teach a spot of carving, although I've recently been busy carving and have yet to put aside time for any teaching.</div>
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I have spent the last year working on my spoons on the whole, I put down Kuksa carving to give myself time to think about what direction I wanted to head with it.</div>
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I have had folk ask for Kuksa in some of my old styles, but somehow I felt uncomfortable in doing this, as I needed to step forward in my personal process.</div>
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So once I'd thought enough about it, a year, I headed off into the woods with my wife Sarah to collect some suitable green Birch.</div>
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Our little car wouldn't make it into the middle of the wood, so it was on with the <a href="https://www.bergans.com/catalog/collections/hunting/hunting-packs/PowerFrame-130-L">Bergan</a> and off we went with Axe and saw, to attend to a recent wind blown Birch.</div>
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I'm Axing on the opposite side of the trunk, I'm always aware of where the Axe head is heading.</div>
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Clearing it out and installing a wood-burning stove was good fun. And so it was to the new Pig Sty Workshop, that I headed with my haul of green birch.</div>
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The process of carving my next evolution is similar to the actions I went through with my older pieces, only this time I managed to compress the form into an altogether smaller piece of timber,</div>
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Yes, it looks a mess, but I have been away, and lots of thoughts where flowing through my mind. After making ten of these, I now know where to go.</div>
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I usually get the Axe work done and dusted as quickly as possible, as I just can't wait to get the knife out and find the eventual form of the piece; the curves and straights that form my folk art.</div>
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This time I actually sketched out part of the design.</div>
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I like to bring the carving indoors for the final finishing.</div>
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It can of course be accomplished in the forest, however, these days I need a bright light.</div>
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A good head torch is the way forward for a fireside carve, along with good spectacles.</div>
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As you may know, I limit myself to carving folk art with three tools usually found at camp.</div>
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Well, on this project I had to include a tiny 3mm gauge which I used to let the Dragon mouth in.</div>
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The timber is still too green to drill, the resultant hole will simply fur up.</div>
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I could have used a hot nail applied carefully, but decided against that course of action.</div>
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So, over the course of a couple of days, I arrive at a place where the big carving stops and the detail begins.</div>
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The mouth is finished and the gauge is put away.</div>
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So it's out with the pencil and a good strop on the point of the pointy knife.</div>
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Shallow 'V' cuts are needed, gently applied.</div>
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A bit of colour and some Tung oil to finish and here we have the first of many Devon Dragons.</div>
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