Spoon Carving

Introduction to Spoon Carving 

April 27, 2024 

10am-1pm

$90 

with Erik Vevang 

All tools and supplies are provided.

Join us for a 3-hour introduction to the craft of greenwood spoon carving.  You will finish the class with your own hand-carved serving spoon.  For the first part of the class, we will study safety, knife grips, and traditional techniques for carving.    For the rest of the course, you will apply what you have learned to transform the spoon blank provided into your completed spoon. 

Ages 16 and up.

Wear comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting full of wood chips and closed-toed shoes.  All tools and supplies provided.

• If you would like to pay with cash or check, please call LOLA Arts at (715) 547-3950 to reserve your spot in class. Your spot is not guaranteed until we receive payment.
• If a class is canceled a full refund will be issued. 
• Refunds will not be issued after the registration date closes.
• Beginning January 1, 2024, students who request a refund prior to the registration deadline will be given the option of receiving the full amount in the form of a gift certificate for future classes OR a refund for the balance minus a $5.00 service fee.

Please fill out this release form online instead of day of, as try and cut back on physical paper usage.

Bio:

Erik has been spoon carving since 2013 and has been teaching greenwood spoon carving since 2016. Introduced to carving by his wife Michele, Erik and Michele have taken numerous carving classes and workshops on their spoon carving journey. Since 2016 Erik has taught many carving classes, both advanced and introductory.   As a carpenter, woodworker, and graduate with a BA in Studio Art from St Olaf College in Northfield MN, spoon carving has been the perfect way for Erik to explore the intersection of art and craft.  Erik currently hosts classes in spoon carving at the Audubon Park community center in Minneapolis, White Bear Center for the Arts in White Bear Lake, Duluth Folk School in Duluth, and at Marine Mills Folk School in Marine On St Croix.