Jarrod Dahl
Jarrod is a full-time craftsperson, teacher, and writer who has worked with wood professionally since 1996. With help from his wife and an assistant, he designs, makes, and sells fine domestic woodenware on his website, woodspirithandcraft.com. He specializes in turning green wood into handled cups, bowls, plates, and boxes using a foot-powered lathe, a Japanese-style electric lathe, and a Western electric lathe. He is also an accomplished spoon carver who makes a wide variety of knife-finished cooking and eating utensils. Jarrod teaches handcraft nationally and internationally as well as trains apprentices. He has studied and researched woodenware in museum archives in the US, Sweden, UK, and Japan which has been an influential part of his design inspiration. Jarrod has extensive knowledge of harvesting and processing natural materials, forging, and using hand tools, and making a wide variety of craft from basketry to canoes. He takes a philosophical, historical, and pragmatic approach to making, teaching, and advocating for handcraft. Jarrod writes a blog, and has written for Popular Woodworking and Mortise & Tenon magazines. He made two DVDs, The Art of Spoon Carving and One Tree about green woodworking recorded in Japan. He also has a forthcoming book with Lost Art Press on spring pole lathe turning.
instagram: @jarrod__dahl
Current Courses Offered by Jarrod Dahl
End Grain Turning: Cups & Bowls on the Lathe
Split Willow Picnic Basket
Wooden Spoon Carving Traditions
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Thu, May 7th, 2026 – Sat, May 9th, 20269am-5pm each day
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Thu, Oct 1st, 2026 – Sat, Oct 3rd, 20269am-5pm each day
Wooden Spoon Carving Traditions: Day 4
9am-3pm
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