Ana.in.wood
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, Portugal
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Making is breathing, moving and feeling. I make because it connects me to the profound whisper of nature. Every time I pick up a piece of wood and my tools start working on it something magical happens. Making is at the very core of my experience of life.Since I was a child I was drawn to wood. My grandad was a carpenter and had his own carpentry shop. When I carved my first spoon it was like returning home. Like my hands were longing for this, waiting to dance between a knife and a piece of green wood. After that I never stopped.
Mainly self-taught through trial and error, my journey got a boost when I started to attend carving festivals and workshops from other makers.
Now I carve as much as I can, sharing the joy of this craft in every possible way, being it selling spoons, providing spoon blanks or doing workshops for beginners.