Woodwork for Beginners - Hand Tool Basics - Make a Kitchen Spatula (Workshop)
Course Overview
Learn basic hand tool skills and make your own kitchen spatula.
Discover how enjoyable it can be to shape a practical kitchen tool from a simple piece of timber. This relaxed session is designed to build confidence with hand tools while giving you a useful item you’ll reach for every day.
What you’ll learn
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How to understand and choose wood for projects
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Cutting with saws, shaping with chisels and rasps
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Drilling, countersinking holes, and sanding by hand
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Food safe oil finishes and long term care
What you’ll make
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A functional wooden spatula to take home and use daily
Tools and materials required
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All tools and materials provided
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Optional, bring your own hand tools if you prefer
Clothing and safety
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No loose sleeves
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Sturdy closed toe shoes
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Long hair tied back
On the day
David will guide students through step by step demonstrations and supervised hands on practice.
Both sessions focus on absolute beginners, giving participants a satisfying taste of creating something functional with their own hands.
Who this workshop is for
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Absolute beginners with no prior woodworking experience
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Hobbyists and anyone curious about hand tool woodworking
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People who enjoy hands on, creative learning
Take home
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A functional wooden spatula
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Practical hand tool skills and confidence to try more projects at home
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David Searson
David lives in St Leonards, is an active member of the Woodworkers Association of NSW, and has a small work space in Artarmon.
Living in a Sydney apartment himself, David will be focused on teaching people how to use basic tools, understand timber that's readily available locally, and how to cut, carve, sand, polish, and use tradtional finishes to create beautiful and lasting peices that you'll be proud to show to friends and family.
David makes pieces of all sorts - his food-related items like cutting boards, spatulas, baker's tools etc are on sale at the Northside Produce Markets. Over many decades, he has also made things like a spinning wheel, several tables, various boxes, kitchen cupboards, book-binders tools, carved spoons, a Norwegian Fiddle, and he does the occasional restoration of antiques.
About David Searson
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