Indigenous Skills: Feast Spoon Carving

In this project, the learner will be able to acquire the fundamental skills to create a yellow cedar spoon. An elegant and simple shape, spoons from the Northwest Coast were fashioned from materials such as wood, or goat and sheep horns. Some spoons were simple, for everyday use; others were ornately carved with crest figures and brought out for ceremonial feasts. Furthering your knowledge from previous Indigenous Skills workshops, this Spoon workshop starts by looking at art from the Northwest Coast as sculpture. This workshop features an introduction to more symmetrical carving and provides additional experience with hand tools, such as skews, gauges, and finishing products. For more more details about this project, visit: