In ‘Spoon’ Giles shares his woodcarving journey over the past five years from first picking up a knife and trying to carve through to turning his back on the normal 9 to 5 world of work and pursuing his dreams of a simpler existence. Documenting his journey through a collection of his most important spoon carvings, sharing thoughts on his processes, his approach to carving and design, on learning to listen to the wood and to carve in harmony with nature, on the tools he uses and on rediscovering the freedom of the woods.
160 pages.
156 photographs.
Full colour, paperback.
Dimensions: 297mm (11.7in) x 210mm (8.3in) x 10mm (0.4in).
Self Published and printed to order in the UK.
Worldwide shipping available.
Giles Newman works as a graphic designer, but when he's not doing that, he's creating these hand-carved wooden spoons using ancient techniques.
That means no power tools went into making any of these.
Instead, each spoon you see, down to its smallest detail, was created using chisels and knives. That also means that no two are ever alike.
