Discovered via Spitalfields Life and immediately filed under “There’ll always be an England”: spoon carver Barnaby Carder, who “sits in the window at 260 Hackney Road carving spoons for eight hours at a stretch.
Discovered via Spitalfields Life and immediately filed under “There’ll always be an England”: spoon carver Barnaby Carder, who “sits in the window at 260 Hackney Road carving spoons for eight hours at a stretch.
He sees the rush hour go one way and then he sees the rush hour go the other way, and in between friends pop in for a chat.”
He sees the rush hour go one way and then he sees the rush hour go the other way, and in between friends pop in for a chat.”
So devoted is Carder to his craft that he cofounded Spoonfest, an international gathering of spoon carvers held each summer in a wood in Edale. Read more about Carter at Spitalfields Life; for purchasing information, go to Barn the Spoon.
So devoted is Carder to his craft that he cofounded Spoonfest, an international gathering of spoon carvers held each summer in a wood in Edale. Read more about Carter at Spitalfields Life; for purchasing information, go to Barn the Spoon.
Photo via Spitalfields Life.
Photo via Spitalfields Life.
Carder at work in his Spitalfields shop.
Carder at work in his Spitalfields shop.
A collection of Carder’s spoons.
A collection of Carder’s spoons.
Photo via Barn the Spoon.
Photo via Barn the Spoon.
Photo via Spitalfields Life.
Photo via Spitalfields Life.
“When I’ve made a good spoon I feel good within myself,” Carder says.
“When I’ve made a good spoon I feel good within myself,” Carder says.