Photo: Charles Emerson
Woodcarving is gaining in popularity among those who want to whittle away their anxieties. Samuel Alexander’s carving reels on Instagram now have more than 56,000 followers, and his YouTube videos generate more than 60,000 views. “I began carving after I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and PTSD but my journey soon became a beautiful discovery of how craft can help people like me to center themselves,” said Alexander, who became one of Toast’s New Makers of 2022 and holds free workshops in London. JoJo Wood, one of the world’s leading spoon-carvers, co-founded Path Carvers, a social enterprise in Birmingham that holds free workshops, including one for young people who have been involved in knife crime. There are workshops in almost every UK county and a Spoontown weekend camping festival in England and the Great Scottish Spoon Hooli.
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