March 28: Workshop to teach spoon carving

You know there once was a time when if you needed a spoon to eat or cook with, you just carved one yourself. The Arts Center of Cannon County in conjunction with Appalachian Life Workshops announce a two-day Spoon Carving class, March 27 and 28, where each participant will create useful and attractive ladles and tableware out of blanks of cherry, dogwood, walnut, and maple.

Going through all of the steps of design, layout and technique, Alan Daigre and Jim McGie of Appalachian Life Workshops in Readyville will teach all of the basics of this nearly forgotten and unique skill. The workshop will be held in a historic setting with meals prepared over an open fire. The cost of the class is $150 and includes all materials with breakfast and lunch served both days.

Appalachian Life Workshops offers a series of hands on workshops teaching traditional crafts and skills that were developed and practiced by early settlers throughout the Appalachian regions. Each craft is taught with a few simple hand tools and participants take home an item they have made themselves. In addition, the workshops are held in a historic setting with meals prepared over an open fire.

To make reservations or for more information please call Evan or Scarlett at 563-(ARTS) 2787. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.