Hand carved spoons by Brett Andrews

Learn Traditional Green Wood Spoon Carving

Create something beautiful with nothing more than fresh wood, traditional hand tools, and your own two hands.

Whether you've never held a carving knife or you're ready to learn more advanced techniques, our hands-on workshops will teach you the timeless craft of green wood carving.

No power tools. No shortcuts. Just an axe, a knife, and fresh wood, the same way spoons and bowls have been made for centuries.

Workshops That Travel

Based in Boissevain, Manitoba, but not staying put.

Brett brings his workshops to community centres, retreats, farms, and studios across Canada and beyond. If you'd like to host a spoon carving workshop in your community, reach out.

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Close-up of a person's hands carving a piece of wood with a small straight knife, with wood shavings scattered on a cutting mat.

Ready to Carve Your First Spoon?

A small axe with a red handle embedded in a tree stump in an outdoor setting, with stacked firewood in the background.
Wood blank for spoon carving
A craftsman carves the handle of a wooden object with a metal file, holding the piece firmly with his thumb and fingers. The background shows a black grid cutting mat.
Hand holding a wooden spoon with carved mountain and sun design, surrounded by carving tools and a cloth on a grid work surface.
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Every spalted piece is completely impossible to replicate. Case in point this birch set. What matters more to you when buying handmade—the unique figure of the wood, or the shape and feel of the piece? . . . . . . . . #birchwood #sloyd #SloydCa
Power outage with a pretty big storm ongoing. Golf ball sized hailstones just started pummeling the house ... why not take some spoony pics. . . . . . . . . . . . #woodenspoon #carvemoregreenwood #greenwoodcarving #sloyd #manitoba
There's only one species of choke cherry here in Southern Manitoba and its the Eastern Chokecherry or Prunus Virginiana. . I nabbed a log from David @wooden_incantations with hopes of carving cooking spoons but with how twisty the wood is, reminiscen
A little spoontula action for a beautiful sunny Thursday morning. . Carved with ax and knife. Blue milk paint from @milkpaintbyfusion 💙 . Not all of this ring shake birch is bad, some woodenware actually make it! On to the next! . . . . . . . . . #c
Georgio aka @schorsch555 has been killin' the game in end grain cup carving. So much to the point he's inspired me to wrap up one I had half finished in my freezer. This is spalted birch. . The little carved feet on the bottom are the highlight but a
This is a cooking spoon carved from Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) that I just wrapped up last week. . I have never carved ANY oak woods before in my life. I've always stayed far away from oak to be honest. I've used it for blade handles in the past an
A little birch cooking spoon all finished. . I only have so much of this birch wood left but a little oak wood stash has recently sprung up! . So I'll get rid of the last of these billets and keep carving on🤙🏼 . . . . . #greenwoodspoon #greenwoodsp