Evening Woodcarving Taster Workshop

Recent reviews of Evening Woodcarving Taster Workshop

• 5/5 from Helen Shears, attended Oct 2026: Great introduction although time flew. Inspiring, small class, I'm looking to continue carving
• 5/5 from George Vallahis, attended Oct 2026: A great experience! Clunie is a great teacher and is exceptionally patient, who makes complex carving techniques completely accessible. With small class sizes, providing plenty of guidance, and a warm, relaxing studio atmosphere, I left with some new skills and knowledge, I would highly recommended!
• 5/5 from Roberta Miozzi, attended Jun 2026: Clunie is a great teacher, friendly, patient and supportive. She also very good at explaining the craft. I really enjoyed the workshop and the relaxed environment.
• 5/5 from I M, attended Apr 2026: She was great - explained the steps clearly, took time to dedicate to each of her student groups. Would do it again!
• 5/5 from Theodore Bulleid, attended Apr 2026: Clunie rocks! She’s an excellent teacher and very highly skilled. Would recommend her class to anyone interested in carving.
• 5/5 from Bogdan Largeanu, attended Mar 2026: A great experience! I had fun and relaxed while learning solid fundamentals. Clunie is incredibly talented at her craft, and having the opportunity to learn from her really made it stick. I’ve been doing relief carvings ever since. Highly recommend!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
• 5/5 from Mie Astrup Jensen, attended Mar 2026: This is a brilliant class! We had such a good time. We were completely new to wood carving and Clonie facilitated the session brilliantly. She demonstrated the techniques fantastically and explained us some of the background to wood carving. She was super attentive, encouraging, and helpful. It was an amazing experience!
• 5/5 from Aysem Zorlu, attended Mar 2026: Lovely guide and great taster experience. We enjoyed our time very much, and I am already considering booking another session soon. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Matthew Elliot, attended Mar 2026: I had a wonderful time at Clunie's workshop! Clunie is the perfect teacher to introduce you to woodcarving, very patient and kind. We learnt a couple of basic patterns and I left feeling motivated to carry on. I highly recommend it!
• 5/5 from Gemma Murray, attended Mar 2026: I really enjoyed this class. The teacher is really friendly and patient. The class size is also very small leaving lots of time for one to one advice and support.
• 5/5 from Virginie de Place - Colle, attended Feb 2026: Thank you Clunie for a wonderful moment! We have been really happy to participate to your class. All was really clearly explained and your help and encouragements welcome. I booked for our son’s birthday and was ecstatic to see how happy he was and good at it! I am pretty sure he’ll come back to woodcarving thanks to you We could have stayed much longer!
• 5/5 from Alastair Thomas, attended Feb 2026: Clunie is a great tutor! The class was an excellent introduction to wood carving, giving us the chance to try out some simple patterns ourselves. It's a really relaxed atmosphere and Clunie is so helpful in giving advice on technique and answering any questions.
• 5/5 from Jude Taylor, attended Feb 2026: Clunie is a kind and clear teacher, and the class had a lovely atmosphere :)
• 5/5 from Juliana Sanchez-Posada, attended Jan 2026: Clunie was incredible. Her work is inspiring. The exercise was simple but useful to understand the basis of the craft and satisfying once finish. She explained clearly and open for questions. Really good experience: it was a gift I am really happy I received.
• 5/5 from Neil Holloway, attended Jan 2026: Clunie is an amazing teacher. I attended because I wanted to understand the principles of starting out on woodcarving and she definitely explained that. You come away with your own - fairly simple - piece of wood you carved. Thanks very much
• 5/5 from Tatiana Akamby, attended Jan 2026: Had a great time at the woodcarving taster evening. Clunie is a really warm, friendly teacher and makes learning fun. She explains everything clearly and makes you feel comfortable trying new things. I’ll definitely be back!
• 5/5 from Yulia Zhizhaeva, attended Jan 2026: Was a great class. Our teacher Clunie was great, very friendly and very helpful during the wood carving process. She explained everything in detail and spent good time with each student. Would highly recommend. Would love to come back and do more, as the process was quite fun and calming at the same time.
• 5/5 from Verity Twombley, attended Jan 2026: The evening class was a real pleasure and a great opportunity to learn a new skill. Clunie was a wonderfully kind, patient and talented teacher, and the class was pitched at the prefect level, with quality resources. A lovely experience and one I would like to repeat
• 5/5 from Denis Ozhiganov, attended Jan 2026: Class was excellent! Teacher was very pleasant, explained a lot of techniques and shown their own work.
• 5/5 from Jess Roberts, attended Dec 2025: This was a lovely workshop - the teacher was great, friend and super clear with her instructions. She was notably really patient with my sister who has special needs which made the whole experience feel like a supportive one. I enjoyed the techniques she taught us, and was pleasantly surprised how easily we were able to make pretty patterns ourselves. Only small suggestion I'd have is maybe shape the session such that we all walk away with a specific piece or pattern or design (something I could use or display!) rather than just a mixture of half-done patterns on a block.
• 5/5 from Amy Andrews, attended Dec 2025: This was a fab class, a great intro to the tools and the foundation techniques of wood carving. Clunie was so knowledgeable, lovely and friendly! The time absolutely flew by - would love to do more in the future! Can't recommend enough.
• 5/5 from Sergei Kalabin, attended Dec 2025: Amazingly led and communicated, easy to follow and fun to explore — Clunie hosted a great workshop for our team, was very flexible and accommodating with our particular case, shared the excitement about the medium — we had great fun and personality I’m hyped about woodworking now. Thank you!
• 5/5 from Juliet Wou, attended Nov 2025: Our teacher was so kind and patient and made the whole experience very fun and wholesome. None of us had done any carving and we had a great time and also created some cool practice pieces. We all highly recommend Clunie!
• 5/5 from Bridget Latimer-Jones, attended Nov 2025: Clunie was a great teacher and it was a really enjoyable session. Just the right start for a first-time wood carver.
• 5/5 from Donna Blackburn, attended Nov 2025: Clunie was a brilliant teacher! Supportive, kind, inspirational and patient. It’s a great skill to try that you can start with very few tools. Recommend this course as a taster 1000%
• 5/5 from Evie Hermes, attended Oct 2025: This class was excellent, a very relaxing way to spend the evening getting to grips with some of the foundational skills for decorational woodcarving! Clunie was a great teacher and there were only five students so she was able to give lots of guidance at each stage and answer all our questions!
• 5/5 from Ellen Kerslake, attended Oct 2025: Fantastic introductory wood carving class, the group size and studio is very small and the expert teacher Clunie gives everyone lots of one on one attention. This session is recommended for complete beginners, but is also a great gateway into multi week sessions. Great atmosphere, very inclusive and makes you keen to get stuck in!
• 5/5 from Despoina Chatzaga, attended Oct 2025: Excellent course, I had a lot of fun. The teacher was excellent. She provided a lot of instructions and individual assistance. I will be back for more! I fully recommend this course and teacher!
• 5/5 from Giovanna Marasco, attended Oct 2025: The workshop was fantastic!! I booked the class on an impulse and was so amazed to discover Cockpit Yard and Clunie's studio. The location is fantastic! Though we were only exploring the basics, Clunie is clearly an expert teacher (she is a 'master carver' and has written a book on the subject!) and broke down the steps to each process with care and encouragement. I'm really happy with what I learnt and would love to join another class some day soon.
• 5/5 from Astha Garg, attended Oct 2025: Clunie was absolutely a brilliant teacher and helped us and went out of her way to answer all our questions. It was an amazing class.
• 5/5 from Kendall Jeynes, attended Oct 2025: With no previous experience in woodcarving, I found Clunie an excellent teacher. She explained everything very well, was patient and positive and gave each person a lot of assistance and feedback. Would highly recommend the class.
• 5/5 from Ronan Bryan, attended Oct 2025: Very enjoyable and useful course to get started with woodcarving. The teacher, Clunie, is very good. The follow-up notes that we received by email illustrated the professionalism of the teaching and her illustrated book, which can be bought at the course (£30) is superb. We learned that, unlike other woodworking, you could start woodcarving as hobby in a small space such as a kitchen, with few tools.
• 5/5 from Gavin Renz, attended Oct 2025: Our teacher was great, so enthusiastic, patient and encouraging. We got to grips with the materials quality's, the tools and techniques very quickly and it felt like we'd learnt a lot in the time. It would be a great gift idea (as some of our group found) or an introduction to taking this hobby further.
• 5/5 from Verity Long, attended Oct 2025: Absolutely fantastic experience. Clunie gives excellent instruction with well structured demonstrations. As a complete novice, Clunie’s praise and encouragement gave me the confidence to have a go and not be too concerning my first attempts weren’t perfect. Great evening, definitely going back for more.
• 5/5 from Joseph Cordaro, attended Jul 2025: Thoroughly enjoyed the class and excellent teacher in Clunie. The two hours seem to pass so quickly. I would recommend this class to anyone and happily give it another go.
• 5/5 from Eleni Partakki, attended Jul 2025: This class is great for beginners. If you are worried, you will have a challenging time, remove that worry! Clunie is an exceptional teacher and artist (her work can be found in Cathedrals and Museums)! She explained everything thoroughly and always provided options. Whether you needed an oral explanation, a drawing, or for her to show you how to do it, it was all available. It's a class to help you learn, to remind you that you can do things with your hands, and to find your movements when carving wood. Cannot recommend enough!
• 5/5 from Ellie Pearch, attended Jun 2025: The time went past so quickly and I could see the improvement in my technique by the end. Clunie is a great teacher - patient, calm and great at explaining things. I really enjoyed the session and would definitely go back to learn more!
• 5/5 from Jane Lee, attended Jun 2025: The teacher was lovely, she explained everything in a way the everyone understood and we very helpful in guiding us through some of the basics of wood working.
• 5/5 from Joseph Tully, attended Jun 2025: The class was great, and Clunie was a great teacher. It’s a small studio so classes can only be small, so she’s able to give time to everyone. It was my first woodwork-related class, and she really walks you through an understanding of how the wood reacts to certain movements with chisels, how to position yourself, etc. and helps you through without doing it for you but gives you clear guidance on each small movement. Would highly recommend for first timers.
• 5/5 from Brittany Dwornik, attended Jun 2025: Clunie is a fabulous teacher, very clear in instructions, and wonderful at demonstrating techniques. Her helpful tips throughout made it such a great experience and her knowledge and skill is top notch! Her passion for the craft is clearly evident and I will definitely be looking at taking more classes from her in the future!
• 5/5 from Lilia Nowakowska Page, attended Apr 2025: This was such a fun and informative class, Clunie was great at going over the tools and techniques to the class, then going around one-on-one and giving specific advice to people. We tried several techniques and still had time to ask questions, during which we got to try out a different technique with different tools. Really worth it!
• 5/5 from Rangel Dokov, attended Apr 2025: Clunie is clearly passionate about her work and also a very patient teacher. She provided a constant stream of encouragement and tips on how to apply the techniques during the class.
• 5/5 from Victoria Gedge, attended Apr 2025: Clunie is a lovely teacher, her style is a mix of demonstration plus plenty of individual attention with loads of positivity thrown in. Wood carving is hard but this was a great introduction and the two hours flew by. I would recommend this class, we had lots of fun.
• 5/5 from Chiraag Patel, attended Mar 2025: The class was well-structured, starting with the basics like safety and tool handling, and gradually moving into simple techniques. The instructor was incredibly knowledgeable and patient.
• 5/5 from Sharon Tracey, attended Mar 2025: I thoroughly enjoyed this class and have immediately signed up for the four week course. Clunie is very skilled at teaching the techniques and created a lovely relaxed environment for learning. I would recommend the class to anyone interested in wood carving!
• 5/5 from James Turnbull, attended Mar 2025: This class was so interesting and Clunie was a fantastic tutor. This was the perfect way to get started with woodcarving and inspired me to take this skill further in the future. Would highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Caroline Holloway, attended Feb 2025: The Woodcarving taster class with Clunie was a great introduction to the art of woodcarving. Clunie was very warm, welcoming and created a relaxed and comfortable environment in which to learn a few if the basic techniques. I have been inspired and will continue in my efforts to master this new skill. I thoroughly recommend this class.
• 5/5 from Mila Petrovic, attended Jan 2025: What a brilliant evening. Went in thinking it's all woodoo, and learning all about how to actually do it. All the while in a very relaxed environment. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Nov 2024: Clunie was fantastic! Super nice, professional, and we covered so much in the lesson.
• 5/5 from Alexis Valencia Rincon, attended Oct 2024: Very friendly teacher, and helpful class for beginner. Will be turning soon for further classes