Just seen this on the BBC website. What a nice fella. He's got a skill and is making a living out of doing something he loves to do - that always impresses me (and makes me slightly envious!). Not so sure about his choice of living in London, though ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22467510
I can see hippyrichy & paradox going around & waving their big knives at him, whilst saying "Call that a knife, this IS a knife" I'd buy one of his spoons, if only for the novelty value
People outside London wouldn't buy hand whittled spoons for £12 - there's a very different economy at play in London
Thanks for sharing that i really enjoyed watching it There is somthing very calming and theraputic about carving wood
Nice idea but that's a hell of a lot of spoons he has to sell to make a living and run a shop i bet there is money coming in else where I have been watching the ben fogle programs about people living in the wild Part the way through you find they have a £12k a year income and have food drops or go to the shop i do admire them but its very hard to live self sufficiently.
He's been featured on this site (along with a wealth of other interesting people) Mrs Moosey. http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/13/barn-the-spoon-spoon-carver/
Great ! agree with others thou" either he is sleeping in that window or he has a "trust" fund. I reckon you can live on the margins of society but to be completely outwith same is well nigh impossible ,particularly as it is officially not allowed.
Can`t he do knives and folks...? Maybe someone should start a thread ,if you had a shop, what would you sell?
Id say its almost impossible to be self sufficient in the uk Living of the land is a romantic dream but the reality is harsh and hard and you will often go cold and hungry
I used to dream of being self sufficent, the Good Life being my suburban influence from a small child. Now I have me chickens and grow a few veg and am hapy with my lot, as you say it is very very hard work , and actually I am too used to me home comforts and being able to afford ( most of the time) to nip down the pub for a beer now and again .
