Path Carvers – carve your own path

wood carving course for young people

Learn how to carve spoons and other wooden things during a fully funded course in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, led by JoJo Wood and Pathcarvers.Develop new skills & confidence and learn about the history and cultural significance of knives.Take part in an exciting research project on the use of creative practice in violence prevention.All participants are…

Summer school 2023 Aug 29th – Sept 1st

After an amazing wood carving summer school last year, we are lucky enough to be able to have another one this year. Completely free, travel bursary that covers Birmingham and lunch, and drinks every day. To apply, please email info@pathcarvers.co.uk

Our Carving Clubs

Pathcarvers began in 2017. When we started, we thought, quite early on, that having a carving club would be a great way of bringing some of the local carvers together and hopefully creating a group where everyone could get together and share skills and stories. Encourage the more experienced carvers to help the carvers who…

The Kieran Binnie Fund for Craft

Over the years that Pathcarvers has been going, people have been very generous with their time, and we have had some wonderful donations given to us over the years, of tools, and money, and this has enabled us to help a lot of people through craft and provide support for people with their mental and…

Subsidised course spaces

The act of making is an incredibly therapeutic thing. When you have a knife and a piece of wood in your hands, the world fades away into a meditative silence. Our founder JoJo Wood Craft has spoken for years about how this can really help mental health, and many other people agree.⁣⁣⁣⁣We want to give something back,…

JoJo Wood

JoJo Wood is the director and founder of Pathcarvers, a social enterprise based in Birmingham, UK. JoJo is a skilled and highly regarded craftsperson, having worked with wood all her life. She also spends a lot of time teaching, giving talks and spreading the beneficial aspects of craft and how it can help in every…

I choose Birmingham

A great write up from ichoosebirmingham.com https://ichoosebirmingham.com/come-spoon-me

Classes for young people

Pathcarvers offer classes and activity sessions for young people and homeschoolers. Our classes are led by professional and dedicated craftspeople who are very experienced in delivering interesting and exciting courses in woodwork, carving and other creative courses in art, textiles and jewellery making. Our classes are tailored appropriate to the class, participants and skill levels….

About

Pathcarvers is an organisation bringing traditional crafts and creative arts to all areas of the community. Part of our project is to help introduce traditional crafts and creative arts to sections of the community that would not usually have the access or the opportunity to experience the beneficial effects that they can bring. We work…

Contact

We would love to hear from you. You can contact us here. info@pathcarvers.co.uk