Woman of the Woods

Woman of the Woods Hand made wooden wares from locally sourced Scottish hard woods and some driftwood from the Solway Coast. Based in Dumfries and Galloway.

Time to get messy!Spoons have dominated the last couple of weeks, so it's time for me to get back on the lathe and turn ...
15/06/2026

Time to get messy!

Spoons have dominated the last couple of weeks, so it's time for me to get back on the lathe and turn some wood.

This is a shot of me turning some local and very rare walnut (rare because it was such a big walnut tree growing here in Southwest Scotland), of which I just have a little bit left to play with.

I also need to restock my wee dried bloom vases for The Found Gallery in Dunbar, where they're proving popular.

Better get going....






Photo by Kirstin McEwan | Photographer

This collaborative piece is hand turned with beautiful pale sycamore from South West Scotland and painted by artist Lucy...
08/06/2026

This collaborative piece is hand turned with beautiful pale sycamore from South West Scotland and painted by artist Lucy Lee with hand-made paints.

There’s a lovely sweeping curve inside the bowl of the pot, so it feels lovely taking out whatever you keep inside, be it jewellery, keys, or even treats!

Finished with two coats of a natural oil and wax blend, this pot is made to last and be cherished.

Now available on my website 🌿

Dimensions:

15cm diameter

6cm depth of bowl

5cm height of handle




This is a new collection of ash pots with sycamore lids.All of the ash is from the same tree, but some parts are coloure...
01/06/2026

This is a new collection of ash pots with sycamore lids.

All of the ash is from the same tree, but some parts are coloured slightly differently.

This is because it's from the heart wood (centre of the tree), also known as 'olive streaked ash', which you can see in the second and last pot as it looks a lot like olive wood.

Now, I'm not entirely sure about why this is the case, but again, I'm guessing it's fungal... please correct me if I'm wrong!

Absolutely loving the grain on these little guys.




There's lots of this kind of thing going on on the workshop at the moment with an exciting order from .skye for my spoon...
30/05/2026

There's lots of this kind of thing going on on the workshop at the moment with an exciting order from .skye for my spoons!

I use different chisels for the different sized spoons I make.

In these photos taken by I'm carving one of my cooking spoons with larger Pfeil bent gouges, which are a joy to use.

For some of my spoons, I've started turning the bowls on the lathe too, which gives them perfect circles unlike the hand carved ones which vary slightly from spoon to spoon.




I've been working away behind the scenes on lots of lovely new pieces.This is a large lidded bowl in flamed beech with a...
28/05/2026

I've been working away behind the scenes on lots of lovely new pieces.

This is a large lidded bowl in flamed beech with a sycamore lid and flamed beech top.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the 'flame' in the beech is caused by disease travelling up through the fibres in the tree, much like spalted beech.

Anyway, whatever the technical reason, I think it looks incredible, like a stone has been dropped into a tin of paint or something along those lines!




Oohh.. look, new product!These are burry oak hooks with hand turned oak pegs.I've put the hookey bits as low as possible...
27/05/2026

Oohh.. look, new product!

These are burry oak hooks with hand turned oak pegs.

I've put the hookey bits as low as possible so that the wood is still the star of the show when in use.

This burry landscape has had the bark removed to reveal all the detail in the wood.

I'll be putting these on my webshop soon with various lengths to choose from.

I do have some much longer pieces if you want to get in touch, and we could discuss a commission.




Here are the fruits of my newest collaboration with artist and natural art material expert Lucy Lee and We're so happy ...
10/05/2026

Here are the fruits of my newest collaboration with artist and natural art material expert Lucy Lee and

We're so happy with how these came out!

I gave the lids to Lucy, and she has created these beautiful surface patterns using natural pigments and hand-made paints.

The first image is all the component parts before each pot was assembled.

I love how each piece has it’s own style and energy. The paler wood is sycamore, and the richer/ darker colours are oak and ebonised oak.

These little beauties will be available during at the shop in Old Mill Arts, Mabie Steading, just next door to studio 77 on the orange route.

Do you have a favourite?







If you're signed up to my newsletter you'll have seen my new spoon making workshop dates. This workshop is an introducti...
09/05/2026

If you're signed up to my newsletter you'll have seen my new spoon making workshop dates. This workshop is an introduction to working with hand tools, no experience necessary. You will make a cooking sized spoon with local seasoned cherry wood, which means that we won't be using knives and axes, but carving gouges and spoke shaves. Hope to see you in my workshop soon!

11/02/2026

Here's a little look into my working process...

Inspired by a workshop at my local club last September, where showed us how to make these beautiful little lidded bowls.

I wanted to make my own version of a lidded bowl using the same method, but with different shapes and timbers.

This oak variation is my first attempt, and I'm really happy with it. The oak leaf k**b didn't work out, but that's something to keep trying!

I love the richness of the oak, the pot belly shape, and all the little features that emerged once I started to make it.

The first of many!

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