Bowl Carving Woodworking Class

Recent reviews of Bowl Carving Woodworking Class

• 5/5 from Catriona Hollen, attended Oct 2025: This was a brilliant class and Tim was a fantastic teacher. The process was fun and challenging but with Tim’s guidance we produced great bowls! Highly recommend.
• 5/5 from Janet Kerr, attended Jan 2025: Really good class with a really good teacher = thoroughly enjoyed it
• 5/5 from Pia Tanneraho, attended Oct 2024: What a great day! The group side was small and everyone was able to get plenty of individual support and advice. I learned so much and produced a lovely little Kuksa that I can be proud of! Thank you - I’ll be back for sure!
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Jun 2024: The class was amazing, Tim was so lovely - thank you! I highly recommend the class
• 5/5 from Naomi, attended Jan 2024: I was given a Greenwood Guild bowl carving workshop as a birthday present, and it was one of the best gifts ever! Had such a fun and satisfying day learning how to use tools to make my bowl. It was a really relaxed, friendly environment thanks to our teacher Tim, who is fantastically knowledgeable and an all round lovely person. All the materials were provided and I came home the proud owner of my own hand made bowl. Stepney City Farm is a perfect location (and the cafe is very nice too). Would recommend to anyone looking for a chance to exercise their creative spirit.
• 5/5 from Anne Baruch, attended Nov 2023: Great day with Tim carving a greenwood bowl. Small class in the lovely setting of Stepney City Farm
• 5/5 from Nick, attended Nov 2023: I couldn’t recommend a day at The Greenwood Guild more. Incredibly well organised class with a small group, including plenty of 1-1 guidance throughout the day. Everyone left with lots of new skills, and a hand carved bowl. Would also be a great gift for anyone. I’m looking forward to another workshop!
• 5/5 from Maggie, attended Aug 2023: An excellent class with a great instructor. We learned a whole lot of new skills
• 5/5 from Archy Mellor, attended Aug 2023: An excellent class. Informative and friendly instruction along with lots of tea, coffee and biscuits. Tim is a great teacher, with plenty of tips as you go to make your work better. A lovely setting to do some carving.
• 5/5 from Mike Hulme, attended Mar 2023: An excellent day and I really enjoyed my experience. Tim is an exceptional tutor being highly personable and extremely capable. The traditional skills taught are hugely interesting and very important in that such techniques of woodworking deserve to be preserved and shared. The tutorial group cohort were great and the workshop atmosphere most pleasant. I would thoroughly recommend undertaking a course at the Green Wood Guild - immerse yourself in traditional craft skills.
• 5/5 from Federico Spinella, attended Mar 2023: Knowledgeable and patient instructor ready to help. Tim was great in explaining how to use the tools (safely and effectively) and providing feedback throughout the workshop.
• 5/5 from Jeremy Shaverin, attended Mar 2023: Tim was an excellent teacher! Encouraging and patient, and just a lovely guy. I had a great day and now have a brilliant bowl to treasure.
• 5/5 from Marc Meryon, attended Mar 2023: Really friendly tutor (Tim), very engaged class and very productive- a great day and I’m looking forward to doing another one. Thank you very much.
• 5/5 from Robbie Hopper, attended Jan 2023: Good teacher and good pace. Easy 5 stars
• 5/5 from Kevin Summers, attended Jan 2023: Tim runs the course with a lot of enthusiasm, he caters for people of all standards including beginners everyone is introduced to a vast selection of tools though the day.A lot of people new each other on this course as they were members of the popular Spoonclub also run by Tim.Everyone left with beautifully crafted bowl and had a thoroughly enjoyable day.
• 5/5 from Isabelle Maltzan, attended Jan 2023: The teacher was great and we enjoyed the day very much. Tim spend his time equally between everyone so that we felt supported and well looked after. Obviously, it is very expensive, so for me it is something you can only do for a special occasion but it was well worth it.
• 5/5 from Sue Dromey, attended Jan 2023: My review is for the Kuksa/Bowl carving day. I did a kuksa. First of all, Tim is a calm, welcoming, encouraging, skilled teacher, with a positive attitude, attuned to everybody, so no-one has to worry about making a mistake. He brought us all along at our own pace and was there to help when we needed it. There was a variety of skill and a complete beginner in the group and we were all happy with our acheivements of one day. We did not completely finish and that is ok as carving a kuksa is quite a challenge. It was hard, rewarding work. Four of us in the group knew each other from Tuesday night Spoonclub and the 5th was welcomed into the camaraderie. I think it would be a great course to do with a bunch of family or friends. Solo is also fine and no-one should be shy about coming on their own. There was coffee, biscuits and breaks throughout the day and some of the group brought cake and cheese and bread too. The cafe was open and the Saturday market was on. We also saw the goats on their daily walk! We were working with alder which is a safe bet for bowls and kuksas. I enjoyed everything about the day. It produced a luisa and a healthy tiredness, born of creating with the hands. I went home to have an epsom salt bath. Thank you Tim x
• 5/5 from Amaryllis Roper, attended Jan 2023: The kuksa carving class today with Tim was brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tim is an excellent teacher. He explains and demonstrates things very well. A great day and I hope to do more.
• 5/5 from Marc Meryon, attended Jan 2023: Really enjoyable day - expert and friendly guidance and great chat. Definitely recommended Many thanks - I will do more!
• 5/5 from Junjie Lu, attended Oct 2022: It was a great woodworking class and a very fulfilling day! Although this was my first time doing it, with Tim's help, I got it done and I think it's pretty good. It's on a farm, everything is so good. This course is for everyone!
• 5/5 from Rob Lake, attended Oct 2022: A fantastic day. Tim’s a great teacher, and Stepney City Farm is a great location. Altogether a very rewarding experience
• 5/5 from John Pickett, attended Oct 2022: Tim is a great teacher and the course was well structured and great fun - and very pleased with the results. Highly recommended
• 5/5 from Francis Marshall, attended May 2022: A fantastic day that, quite simply, flew by. Tim is a great trainer. He took us step by step through the process of making our bowls and Kuska cup. He was patient and extremely helpful. The workshop is set up really well and I never knew that there are so many tools that can be used for wood carving. Thank you
• 5/5 from Steve Baines, attended May 2022: These was a great class in a lovely setting expertly tutored by Tim.
• 5/5 from Ramone Anderson, attended Feb 2022: I had a really great experience at the workshop. It was my first time woodworking and Tim made it enjoyable and gave me techniques and information for taking woodwork further if I so wished. The workshop is on a nice little city farm with a really nice cafe on site (although the cafe is a tad pricey the food was tasty!). All materials were provided by the workshop and I walked away with a wooden bowl that I carved myself and I couldn't be happier!