About Me

I live in North East England and have been spooncarving for about eight years. I have an academic background and taught courses in ecology and conservation at both Southampton and Newcastle Universities. My favourite course was on woodland ecology and management. I'm very excited by the idea of bringing woodlands back into active management for conservation whilst at the same time making them economically productive. Spoon carving is a natural extension of the woodland crafts that go with active management. It gives me a wonderful contrast to my current job with the Open University and allows me to keep a collection of really sharp knives and axes! I really enjoy the design aspects of spooncarving and the developing my dexterity and skills with a carving knife.

I am a member of the Association of Pole Lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers. The Association hosts an excellent website at www.bodgers.org.uk. We have an active local group here in the North East and you can read all about the exploits of the APT Northern England local group on our blog.

I teach courses on spooncarving  and hope to be able to populate this site with useful information and inspiration for virtual spooncarvers everywhere. I've also started blogging at davidknight5.wordpress.com