Gavin Roberts comes from a background of architecture and construction and finds simple pleasure out of creating. An enjoyment for problem solving and working in timber, steel and concrete gives Gavin plenty of opportunity to find the flowing forms and objects from often brutalist products.

Gavin will be demonstrating a form of sustainable small sculpture – The Art Spoon – demonstrating how a simple pruning from a tree can be turned into a usable small sculpture spoon with just an Axe and knife. See and hear how creating a sustainable keepsake of time and place can be rewarding both emotionally and visually. 

Gavin will also touch on the art of Kikezuri, a style of Japanese “wood shaving” (or shaping) in which small sculptural shapes and forms are created for the simple purpose of making

something you can keep in your pocket or hold in your hand. Wood shaping is different from conventional wood carving in the fact that you are not in charge of deciding the end result, but rather you must allow the wood to guide you as you shave it as it is meant to be shaped.

It must be noted this demonstration comes with a warning from Roberts – Carving can be addictive! Consider yourself warned.