Comments on: In The Woods With Barn The Spoon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Nib West https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1157198 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:37:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1157198 Interesting how in one of your videos you move the object being shaped and not the knife which is contrary to what most people would do.

Before hearing of you on Saturday live I had never heard of you. Found your comments interesting as I always at Country Fares seek out the wood workers with their pole lathes and draw knives etc. and watch fascinated as they effortlessly split wood to very thin slices among other things I then looked you up on the Internet. Thank you for your interesting comments including putting a name to the bent knife.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150866 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:29:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150866 If one man has a mission — there really exists a design philosophy about spoons! And Barn the Spoon mastered it…

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: nicola baird https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150719 Mon, 22 May 2017 10:06:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150719 What an absolute joy this post is. Barn the Spoon is amazing and the photo essay of his day was fabulous. Such great skills, evocative of a long-long time ago and yet essential we don’t lose the craftsmanship. I love the way he takes his spoon from acorn via tree selecting, felling and eventually shaping. Thomas Hardy’s The Woodlanders without the rain. Thanks again Gentle Author and colleagues. Nicola

]]> By: Annie G https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150687 Mon, 22 May 2017 06:23:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150687 I love Barn, I love his spoons. I can think of no better way to spend a May weekend than like this. Frankly, openly and hugely envious.

]]> By: MARIA EUGENIA GONGORA https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150647 Sun, 21 May 2017 23:43:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150647 Thank you again for today’s interesting story and lovely photographs of Barn the Spoon!
I would like to mention that in the South of Chile, where I live, and particularly in the Island of Chiloé, there are still people (mostly men) who make their own kitchenware (plates, spoons, small knifes and so on) by carving wood in traditional ways. In the last 15 years or so, some of them have been selling their work in shops as well, and they make a welcome change in our town kitchens!
I very much look forward to be able to buy Sam’s book and hopefully to know more about the Green Wood Guild!

María Eugenia Góngora

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150636 Sun, 21 May 2017 21:43:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150636 Does this mean Barn will have some new spoons on his website soon?

]]> By: Natalie Zaman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150611 Sun, 21 May 2017 18:34:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150611 ]]> I just read all the Barn the Spoon posts… I love this blog. And now I want a spoon ♥

]]> By: stephanie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150600 Sun, 21 May 2017 16:18:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150600 Hello, is it still possible to pick up some spoons from between Fri-Tues at: 260 Hackney Rd, E2 7SJ. 10am – 5pm. I’d love some.

]]> By: Kathy Sullivan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150573 Sun, 21 May 2017 12:35:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150573 Lovely photos but as a knitter I have to say I was intrigued by Barn’s hat!

]]> By: Vivien https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/21/in-the-woods-with-barn-the-spoon/#comment-1150543 Sun, 21 May 2017 08:12:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157738#comment-1150543 Patricia Niven, you are a brave woman. The cabin in which you spent the night after a dinner of burnt sausage looks terrifying – more Blair Witch Project than Green Wood Guild. If there are no more posts I shall know why.

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