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🌿 GreenWood Wrights’ Fest — 2026 spring Gathering and fall Festival at The Plant, Pittsboro NC.

A family-friendly weekend of 25+ craft demos, workshops, music, food & camping. Featuring Roy Underhill of The Woodwright’s Shop.

🎟 greenwoodwrightsfest.com

12/21/2025

Palm gouges are back in stock! About half of this batch has already sold via our restock notifications and email list. Sign up on our website to be the first to know about tool restocks. We have no. 6,7 & 8 sweeps in this batch. Handles are a variety of hardwoods.

11/25/2025

How Lucky John Prine

11/11/2025

Roy Underhill donated this beautiful drop fron toolbox to the GW Wrights’Fest. We would like to aupport educational expenses for a craftsperson in the Mountains if NC affected by Helene. The toolbox was glued with gummybears and was made at the Woodwright’s School by the folks from Lost Art Press and is signed by Roy Underhill, Chris Schwartz, Megan Fitzpatrick and Cara O’Connell.

Tickets to win can be found on line at the GreenWood Wrights’Fest Shop.

We also have a new book, “A Good Bit of Carbon,” for sale with Roy’s Keynote speech from 2024, and pics from past festivals. Do you know what the most dangerous tool Roy uses? If you get the book you will.

10/17/2025

🪚 25+ Free Demonstrations Included with Your Festival Ticket

📅 Oct 17–19, 2025 • The Plant, Pittsboro NC
🎟 greenwoodwrightsfest.com

Your general admission ticket unlocks an incredible weekend of hands-on learning and craft inspiration. Throughout the festival, you’ll have access to over 25 live demonstrations led by some of the most talented makers in the field — all included with your ticket.

🌿 Featuring demonstrations by keynote speaker Roy Underhill, the legendary host of The Woodwright’s Shop and a guiding force in the world of traditional woodworking.

You’ll also experience:
🔸 Spoons & Axes from Around the World with Tad Kepley
🔸 Handsaw Sharpening with Richard Moore
🔸 Tree & Plant ID Walks with Damien Ossi & Callan Burton-Shore
🔸 Spring Pole Lathe Turning with Mozzy the Maker & Jasper Mayer
🔸 Blacksmithing Field Trips with Peter Ross
🔸 Dough Bowl Carving with Nico Piedrahita
🔸 Shaker Candle Stand & Moravian Workbench with Will Myers
…and more.

Whether you’re passing knowledge to the next generation or diving in for the first time, these demos offer a rare chance to learn, connect, and be inspired — all surrounded by the beauty of The Plant.

🎟 Grab your ticket now → greenwoodwrightsfest.com

10/08/2025

✨ Instructor Spotlight: Sunny Beach ✨

Join Sunny at GreenWood Wrights’ Fest for Intermediate Spoon Carving
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 • 1–4 PM

🌿 Learn to:
• Refine your spoon design and carving skills
• Analyze inspiring spoon examples & templates
• Improve carving consistency using spoon mules & draw knives

Bring your own carving tools and examples of your current spoons — this workshop is perfect for those ready to take their carving to the next level.

👨‍🏫 About Sunny
•Lifelong woodworker; discovered greenwood spoon carving in 2018
•Organizer of Michigan carving meetups & classes; fosters carving community
•Moderator of “Spoon Carving, Green Woodworking and Sloyd” FB group; maintains a near-daily carving practice

👉 Reserve your spot (link in bio):
https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

10/07/2025

✨ Instructor Spotlight: Ty Thornock ✨

Join Ty at GreenWood Wrights’ Fest for Carving Kuksas —
📅 Sunday, Oct 19 • 9 AM – 4 PM

🌿 Learn to:
• Carve traditional kuksas using hand tools
• Avoid cracking during carving & drying
• Make kuksas safe for hot drinks ☕

👨‍🏫 About Ty

•Began carving after watching The Woodwright’s Shop in 2013
•Passionate about making carving accessible to kids — runs an after-school carving club for grades 4–8 in Iowa
•Known for his beautifully kolrosed spoons and deep roots in carving community life

✨ Ty is also teaching:
🪵 Quick and Dirty Shrinkpots — Fri 1–4 PM
🥄 Carving Spoons — Sat 9 AM–12 PM

Don’t miss this chance to learn from an inspiring maker who brings skill and heart to every piece he carves.

👉 Reserve your spot:
https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

10/03/2025

✨ Instructor Spotlight: Don Nalezyty ✨

Join internationally recognized spoon carver Don Nalezyty at GreenWood Wrights’ Fest for an Advanced Spoon Carving workshop — Sunday, Oct 19 • 1–4 PM 🪵

🌿 Learn to:
• Select trees & break down logs into spoon blanks
• Carve with axe, sloyd, and hook knives
• Refine your technique to carve the best spoons you can make

Walk away with a finished spoon (or two) and the skills to keep creating confidently. 🔪

🎟 How to join:
1. Purchase a General Admission ticket
2. Add the Advanced Spoon Carving Workshop
3. Bring your carving tools (axe, carving hatchet, hook knife)

👨‍🏫 About Don
•Spoon carving since childhood; 14+ years focused on greenwood treen
•Trained with master woodworkers worldwide
•Internationally recognized spoon carver & instructor across the US and abroad

✨ Don is also teaching Sharpening (Sat 1–4 PM) and Kolrosing (Sun 9 AM–12 PM) — perfect for taking your craft to the next level.

👉 Reserve your spot (link in bio):
https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

10/02/2025

✨ Instructor Spotlight: Barron Brown ✨

Join Barron at GreenWood Wrights’ Fest for hands-on green woodworking workshops:

Carve a Wooden Spoon
📅 Saturday, Oct 18 • 9AM – 12PM
Beginner-friendly class where you’ll use a knife and gouges to carve your own functional spoon. Perfect if you want to skip the axe work but still learn traditional spoon carving techniques.

Carving White Pine Bowls
📅 Sunday, Oct 19 • 9AM – 4PM
Discover how to make a simple white pine bowl from freshly cut mountain wood using mostly an axe and gouges. Learn how to achieve beautiful results with minimal tools while building essential green woodworking skills.
💲 $25 materials fee (paid directly to instructor).

🌿 About Barron:
• Began carving in 1964; dedicated to green woodworking since 1989
• Known for crafting and refining the very tools he and his students use
• Passionate teacher who makes traditional woodworking accessible

🎟 How to join:
1. Purchase a General Admission ticket
2. Add your chosen workshop(s)
3. Materials provided — just bring curiosity & enthusiasm!

👉 Reserve now (Link in bio):
https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

09/30/2025

🌿✨ Kids & Families at Greenwood Wrights’ Fest! ✨🌿

Looking for a unique, hands-on experience for your kids this fall? At Greenwood Wrights’ Fest (Oct 17–19 at The Plant, Pittsboro NC), kids can step into the world of traditional crafts with their very own special workshops — all taught by skilled instructors who know how to make learning fun!

👧🧒 Kids Workshops Include:
🍴 Carve a Wooden Butter Knife – Friday 4–5:30 PM with Callan Burton-Shore
🥣 Carve a Small Wooden Bowl – Saturday 9 AM–12 PM with Nico Piedrahita
✨ Wand Lore (Magic Wand Carving!) – Saturday 2:30–4 PM with Nico Piedrahita
🥄 Spoon Carving: Make a Tea Spoon – Sunday 9 AM–12 PM with Callan Burton-Shore
🌳 Birch Bark Sheaths + Beads – Sunday 1–2:30 PM with Callan Burton-Shore
🪵 Tree Branch Coat Hooks – Sunday 2:30–4 PM with Callan Burton-Shore

👩‍🏫 Meet the Instructors:

Callan Burton-Shore — ancestral skills teacher who inspires kids & adults to connect with nature through carving, fire-making, and craft.

Nico Piedrahita — Asheville-based woodworker who has lived off-grid for 10 years, specializing in hide tanning, spoons, bowls, and teaching hands-on skills to all ages.

🌟 Plus: over 25 demos, adult workshops, Roy Underhill’s keynote, camping, food, and fun for the whole family!

📍 Oct 17–19 • The Plant, Pittsboro NC
🎟 Tickets & Workshops → https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

09/28/2025

✨ Instructor Spotlight: Angela Eastman ✨

Join Angela at GreenWood Wrights’ Fest for a hands-on workshop in Foraging, Processing, and Weaving with Wild Vines — Sun, Oct 19 • 9 AM–4 PM.

🌿 Learn to:
• Harvest & process vines like kudzu, wisteria & honeysuckle
• Weave a sturdy gathering basket
• Gain skills to continue weaving with foraged plants

🎟 How to join:
1. Purchase a General Admission ticket
2. Purchase your “Foraging, Processing, and Weaving with Wild Vines” workshop ticket
3. Bring $25 cash for materials, paid directly to Angela

Spots are limited — don’t miss this chance to learn from a skilled maker blending tradition & innovation in basketry.

👉 Reserve now (Link in bio):
https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

09/26/2025

✨ Instructor Spotlight: Tad Kepley
Join Tad Kepley at GreenWood Wrights’ Fest for a hands-on introduction to greenwood spoon carving — Fri, Oct 17 • 1–4 PM.

🌿 Learn to:
• Carve your own spoon from green wood
• Work with hatchet, knife & hook knife
• Build skills in a therapeutic, timeless craft

🎟 How to join:
1. Purchase a General Admission ticket
2. Add the Spoon Carving Workshop ticket
3. Tools provided if you don’t have your own

Tad has carved over 2,500 spoons, taught at John C. Campbell Folk School, and won 3 awards for his hand-carved spoons. Come carve with a true craftsman!

👉 Reserve now:
https://greenwoodwrightsfest.com/events/tickets/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gwwf2025

Address

The Plant 220 Lorax Lane
Pittsboro, NC
27312

Website

https://www.greenwoodwrightsfest.com/

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