Emmet Van Driesche
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I offer private spoon carving lessons from my home in western Massachusetts. A five hour lesson is $150, and $100 for each additional person. I will never lump you in with another person, but often people enjoy taking a lesson with a friend.

We cover wood selection and axe technique, spoon design, sharpening and knife skills. There is a special emphasis on developing safe habits. Generally, I like to walk people through the entire process by carving two spoons in tandem, passing them back and forth so I can keep pushing them forward to meet the time-frame. That way you leave having seen every part of the process and with the two collaborative spoons in your pocket. A light lunch is provided.

In 2020, I am only booking lessons on weekdays (and I much prefer Tuesdays and Wednesdays), and we just figure out a day that fits your schedule and my own. I am usually booking lessons several months out so be advised that a last minute lesson is not possible. To arrange a lesson, email me at emmetvan@gmail.com.

For additional learning resources, check out my instagram account (icon at the bottom of the home page), and also the Spoonesaurus instagram account, (@spoonesaurus) that I run with Matt White. My personal IGTV feed within Instagram now also has a lot of useful process videos arranged by topic. I have a YouTube channel with a number of videos of myself carving, and if you are really hooked, you can subscribe to the Spoonesaurus Magazine, a quarterly print magazine that Matt and I publish that is all about spooncarving.


One idea is as worthless as another until you actually do something about it, and then it is the action, not the word that matters.  --Orson Scott Card
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