Spoon-making workshop
With Rachel Ashcroft
Saturday 18 April
12-3.30pm, CAMPLE LINE
Booking required – tickets available on a sliding scale
£8 | £6 | £3
This April, we’re delighted to welcome Rachel Ashcroft back to Cample to lead a spoon-making workshop alongside our current exhibition, The Unearthed by Anderson Borba. Join Rachel to carve your own spoon from local seasoned hardwood.
Inspired by Borba’s exhibition we will make a large spoon that echoes the shapes in his work, using carving chisels, spoke shaves and sand paper to finish. You will also have the opportunity to try out the ebonising process to naturally turn your spoon dark.
What to expect
The session will last for 3 hours, including a short break and time to look around the exhibition. Rachel will introduce basic woodworking techniques and the safe use of hand tools.
No previous experience is necessary.
What to bring
All tools and locally sourced cherry wood will be provided.
Please note: Sensible shoes must be worn – no open-toed shoes.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and cold drinks will be available. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking.
Recommended for ages 16+
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Access
If you have any access requirements or questions, please be in touch with our colleague Emma: emma@campleline.org.uk or 01848 331 000
Reaching us
CAMPLE LINE, Cample, near Thornhill, DG3 5HD
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Any questions?
Email us: info@campleline.org.uk
Call us: 01848 331 000
About Rachel Ashcroft
From her workshop in rural Dumfries and Galloway, Rachel Ashcroft makes unique wooden furniture and objects from the naturally abundant resource that shapes her local landscape.
As a fine art graduate, Rachel re trained to work with wood; everything that she hand-crafts is a one of a kind sculpture, designed around the grain and patterns inherent in the timber. These shine through in the shapes and forms she creates.
She works solely with wood sourced in the region she lives, which is mostly storm blown or diseased, naturally air dried hardwood. She feels proud to hold that connection to the land and a real sense of sustainability in the material she uses.
You can learn more about Rachel and her work via her website: https://www.womanofthewoods.org/