Jon Mac.Spoon Carving First Steps: Views around my patch.

Views around my patch.

Shap Tor.

This is a set of photographs taken by yours truly in and around the local countryside here in sleepy Devon.

Stunted Pendunculate oak.
Shap Tor.

Blue Bells.

View toward Dartmoor.

Local style.

Finger board pointing the way.

Hocus Pocus.

Beech leaf Noyoux.

Friends arrive, friends depart.

Thatched roof.

View across the valley from home.

Young Robin.

Sparrows bathing.

Male Blackbird feeds his young.

Female blackbird bathing.

Adult male Blackbird feeding fledgeling.

Haytor Dartmoor.

Dartmoor.

Wood pigeon.

Mal blackbird with fledgeling.

Male Blackbird with fledgeling.

Starling fledglings.

Starling fledgelings.

Haytor Dartmoor Devon.

Fire pit at my new venue.

Haytor.

Great spotted woodpecker (juvinile)

Great spotted woodpecker (mother and juvinile)

Shap Tor.

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Jon Mac.

Folk Artist.

Photographer.

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

( D.R.G.Ashburton).

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

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

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

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

Views around my patch.

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