hout van bomen: It means “Wood from Trees”-
that’s a well known fact-
In Dutch it also sounds like “likes trees”, “liking trees”
We make small products from fresh wood from real trees- (..and we also teach).
I'm an industrial designer, born in 1957- most of the time I teach at several major academies of art and a university in the Netherlands- A few years ago I decided it was time for a part-time shift for my own practice: Making things I like, with fine materials and great tools in a very nice environment is often better than slavery behind a computer, designing unwanted plastic products nobody realy needs.
I found my first Adzes and drawingknives a long time ago in a hardwarestore in a small Austrian Alpine town when I was 19 or so- I liked the tools and the idea to work with trees but never got it started realy-
Thanks to the web I found Mike Abbott in England, German toolcompany Dicks' and eventually Drew Langsner’s Countryworkshop- I bought some straight and crooked knives and a Gränsfors Axe and I started my first spoons, and started making whistles for my kids like my grandfather did for me when I was 10.
Thanks to the web I found Mike Abbott in England, German toolcompany Dicks' and eventually Drew Langsner’s Countryworkshop- I bought some straight and crooked knives and a Gränsfors Axe and I started my first spoons, and started making whistles for my kids like my grandfather did for me when I was 10.
In the summer of 2005 I spent some weeks in Västerbotten Sweden, studying with Wille Sundqvist, who is a monumental source of inspiration for me in many aspects.
So far I made spoons, cups and bowls, some milkingstools and the like. It is my ambition to learn more and teach others- I organised some seminars on spooncarving in Utrecht and in the Hague KABK, (Royal Academy of Arts) that were well received.
So far I made spoons, cups and bowls, some milkingstools and the like. It is my ambition to learn more and teach others- I organised some seminars on spooncarving in Utrecht and in the Hague KABK, (Royal Academy of Arts) that were well received.
My woodsources are threefold- our own small half acre of mixed forest in the east of the Netherlands- and our friendly neighbouring countesses forestkeeper overthere, who is willing to spare me some standing birch. Our third source is an Amsterdam based gardening- company.. I milled a 100 yrs old elm in the street this summer with an electric chainsaw and some Granberg stuff to saw straight. To my own surprise my Amsterdam neighbours don't find this anoying, at all: They even like it- or so they say.. (Yes I do cleanup afterwards..)
On our website you can expect loose info about tools, many pictures of our work to give you an idea about what’s possible.
If you are interested in weekend-workshops in the Netherlands, hiring me for workshops or lectures elsewhere (we can bring tools, tents and wood for max. 8 people) or in buying- or commisioning spoons or bowls, or any other questions: Please contact us >here< or visit the contact-page
Spoons have been bought by collectioners in England, United States, Sweden and the Netherlands.
working
mainly pictures of typical workingsituations in the forest, Dalfsen, the Netherlands
workshops
we can provide three weekend- workshops for spoon-carving and bowl-hewing.
tools
an illustrated list of tools you’ll need for carving spoons and bowls; from Gränsfors, Frost and Djärv
shop
we sell our products or make to order (babyspoons)
we sell some knives we use ourselves, like our adapted Frost- knives, Svante’s handforged spoonknives and Gränsfors Axes....
hout van bomen
the main page- from here you can get to the English summary or any other page
