PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve is offering Wooden Spoon Carving 101 from 1-5 p.m. March 15. Instructor Mike Austad of rural Pine River has been carving spoons for about 10 years, along with a ...

The key to successful woodworking is to use sharp tools. Blades may require a little sharpening, known as “honing,” when making a spoon. Keeping a whetstone or wheel nearby is helpful, but running the ...

Many people discovered their inner cook during the pandemic. I unexpectedly discovered my inner woodcarver, making a butter knife. It wasn't a sharp object, rather something to smooth a dollop of ...

What: Learn to carve your own Swedish spoon. When: 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Where: First meet at the Altru Family YMCA, Grand Forks. Top it off: Bring your own bowl and enjoy wild rice soup and chili ...

This year is Milan Village Arts School's 17th annual Spoon Gathering, which is well-known in the spoon carving and woodworking communities. Artisans come from all over the country to take part. Carved ...

Yesterday as I sat typing up a story in the office, I looked over at the window to see large white flakes floating down from the sky. There wasn’t even snow in the forecast, but the serenity of the ...

MILAN — The quaint community of Milan once again reigns as a spoon-carving mecca. Impassioned spoon carvers from around the country gathered Thursday to begin more than two days of carving camaraderie ...

This two-part, 8-week course will cover the basics of wood carving and an introduction to plaster mold making for slip cast ceramics. You will learn the basic techniques involved in chisel carving a ...