Spoon carving workshop

Each participant will, by the end of the course, have made a spoon from fresh wood to take home – carved by hand using traditional woodcarving techniques. Participants will gain knowledge about different local wood species and how they can continue carving at home.

Spoons // Ignoring is a multi-faceted project that, through carving, workshops, text, and installation, explores both the need to turn away from one’s surroundings and the need to come together in community. It is one of several works in which Ablett examines how place and belonging influence the way we communicate with one another. Through her project Spoons // Ignoring, artist Amber Ablett has explored woodcarving as a meditative practice together with audiences since 2018.

The workshop will be held partly in English and partly in Norwegian.
This workshop is part of the programme for the exhibition KUNST.HÅND.VERK.

• Amber Ablett (b. 1986 in London, UK) is an artist and writer based on Osterøy. She is educated at Bath School of Art and Design, Camberwell College of Arts (London), and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design.
• Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2026); Coast Contemporary (2025); Atelier Nord, Oslo (2025); Borealis Festival for Experimental Music (2023, 2024); Bergen Kunsthall (2023); Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese (2023).

Practical information:
Venue: Permanenten (Workshop room on the first floor).
Date: Saturday, 11 April, 16:00–19:00
Price: NOK 850 (includes all materials)
Maximum capacity: 12 participants
Minimum age: 15 years