# Wooden Spoon Carving | Domestika

> A course by Andrea Cortés · Craft · Beginner
> 17 lessons (1h 48m) · 100% of the 339 student ratings are positive

Spoon carving is a sensorial process that connects you with your hands while freeing you from your mind. This is what Andrea Cortés, founder of Barcelona Wood Workshops, a woodworking workshop where the positive aspect of manual work and creativity through this material is promoted on a daily basis. Together with Andrea, in this course, you will learn about her working philosophy to create a unique object with your own hands. 

Learn the techniques for carving spoons with hand tools, the characteristics and types of wood, and the care and sharpening of the tools, as well as different design and finishing exercises. Beyond the final object, carving wood is an almost meditative practice that will make you connect with your own hands while freeing your mind and learning something new.

## Who is this online course for?

For anyone who wants to explore a wood carving technique, connect with their hands, and develop a new skill.

## What is this course's project?

Create a hand-carved wooden spoon.

## Requirements and materials

You won't need any prior knowledge, however, you will need to be careful and focused when using the following woodworking tools: you will need a Sloyd carving knife or similar, a hollowed-out or hook knife, a small axe, and a saw.

## Content

### Introduction

In this unit you will know who I am and my relationship with woodworking. I will tell you about my main influences and motivations and I will present the object that we will learn to carve.

### Wood

In this unit I will talk about wood and its characteristics. You will learn how to identify the appropriate wood for this type of carving and you will understand basic concepts of its structure to carve it easily.

### Tools

In this unit I will tell you about the tools that we will use. We will also see the most common techniques for each one and some recommendations on care and sharpening.

### Design

In this unit we will talk about key premises to design a spoon, the different typologies that exist and how we can draw them.

### The project: a spoon

In this unit we will carve a spoon from start to finish. From wood preparation to ax cuts and carving with knives.

## Audio and subtitles

**Audio:** Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish

**Subtitles:** Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish

[Wooden Spoon Carving](https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/984-wooden-spoon-carving)