Kate Hawes has been working with wood for over 25 years. Their work ranges from traditional custom furniture pieces to inventive sculptural forms and carvings. They have a certificate in cabinet and furniture making from the North Bennet Street School and completed a residency at the Anderson Ranch Art Center. They co-founded and ran a cooperative wood shop in Brooklyn, NY for twelve years, as well as ran a custom furniture business. They have taught woodworking at the Craft Students League, Makeville Studio, Peters Valley School of Craft, and the American Folk Art Museum. In 2022, they completed a Masters in Critical Craft Studies from Warren-Wilson College.

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View fullsize This Birch Spoon began as a demo in class. I built in a little wee bit of crank which I like teaching because it speaks to a spoon’s use, the way we bring it up to our mouths.
View fullsize Spoon carving this weekend at the Boat School. We think some river beavers ran off with our Sycamore tree limbs over night but it was a resilient crew of new spoonies. Birch cookers were 👌💥! And Cherry gifted by Josh Vogel (author of a spoon carvin
View fullsize I made this zine “7 Knife Moves” for my carving classes. #queerwood #queerzine
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View fullsize Carving this Beech, I had the corny thought, “Beech, where have you been all my life?!” The grain is hard with such close pores there is something plastic-y about its surface feel. The wood has a fruity smell, like cantelope when it&rsquo
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View fullsize Of course a spoon does not need a box. But when asked to participate in an event called the Bandsaw Bash @museumforartinwood, it is only right that a spoon carved with no power tools ought to find itself encased in a box sawn and re-sawn on the bands
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View fullsize I am excited to be teaching spoons at a variety of craft schools coming up this spring/summer. Carving spoons can be a way to further hand tool skills, an exercise in sculptural form-making, a new thing to do with our hands and entire bodies, a way t