Jenkins Lovespoons

09/02/2017

How can you help keep Welsh culture alive in North America, AND get a chance to win this Lovespoon collaboration between Dave Western and myself - 2 years and thousands of miles in the making??? Come to the North American Festival of Wales TODAY at the Hyatt regency in Rochester, and get your chance(s) to win for $5 ea, or 5 chances for $20.
As always, 100% of ticket sales go to the WNAA to benefit NAFOW programming, and we hope our donation will inspire lots of benefit! The prize drawing will be TONIGHT (Saturday night), during the NAFOW Grand Concert. Here it is, basking in the morning light. :) Diolch yn fawr to Dave Western for inviting me into another of these collaborative adventures, and to the WNAA for their continued great work organizing another amazing festival! Cymru am byth!

07/26/2017

A few spots are still open for my last spoon class this summer - this Saturday, 10-5, at the Columbus idea Foundry... Sign up while you can!

Ages 16+, participants under 18 must have a parent present.Instructor: Laura GorunA great project for beginners, with enough challenge to satisfy more experienced carvers, as well, spoons are one the most comprehensive and versatile carving exercises around. Carving a spoon involves skills and consi...

05/16/2017

Learn to carve a spoon this weekend! Just imagine how nice it would be to be carving spoons out on the porch all summer long... Or at the beach... Wherever... What could be better?

Ages 16+, participants under 18 must have a parent present.Instructor: Laura GorunA great project for beginners, with enough challenge to satisfy more experienced carvers, as well, spoons are one the most comprehensive and versatile carving exercises around. Carving a spoon involves skills and consi...

11/25/2016

I may not keep up so well, but my friend Dave Western sure does! If you're looking to give someone a Lovespoon this year, you're unlikely to do better than one from Dave!

05/18/2016

Have you been wanting to try some carving? There are still a couple openings in tomorrow's beginner carving class: "Carving Tricks: Ball in a Cage" from 10 to 4 THIS THURSDAY (Tomorrow!) at Woodcraft of Columbus (at the corner of Bethel and Kenny.) See how happy students were after freeing their rings in my recent captive ring class at the Columbus Idea Foundry? That could be you, after freeing a ball inside a cage yourself in my class tomorrow at WoodCraft! ! Watch the class schedule for more upcoming classes open to the public at both the Columbus idea Foundry, and WoodCraft of Columbus!

05/07/2016

Come out and explore the Short North at the gallery hop tonight, and stop in to Studios on High Gallery to see Mikelle's & my show!

Laura Jenkins Gorun and Mikelle Hickman-Romine will be in the gallery tonight for the Hop. Their collaborative work is the Crafting Enchantment show, and they are both thrilled to talk with people about their process and concepts. Enjoy the arts in the Short North tonight!
"Bloom" Brooch: sterling and 23k gold leaf on apple wood with citrine, beadwork, on bronze, 14k gold fill, and sterling.

04/08/2016

Please forgive the prolonged social media silence... I've been struggling to regain my focus with some very complex Lovespoons, while navigating through myriad unrelated obstacles and distractions. Apparently, sometimes the artistic process demands a bit of a detour to help find that focus. Recently, I've been collaborating with one of my brilliant Studios on High Gallery-mates: Mikelle Hickman-Romine. Our collaborative show - "Crafting Enchantment" - will be featured in the gallery throughout the month of May. Be sure to stop in and see what happens when a jewelry artist and a wood carver collaborate! Studios on High Gallery, 686 North High St., Columbus. www.studiosonhigh.com

10/20/2015

Ok. Lost almost a month being tremendously ill, but now I'm happily getting back to work (and playing a huge game of catch-up). At the moment, just making a mess with sandpaper while my car is being serviced. A little windy, but overall, a gorgeous fall day!

09/10/2015

Diolch yn fawr to all who took a chance to win this spoon and in the process, supported the NAFOW! And thanks, also, to Dave Western for including me on another fantastic collaboration!

08/25/2015

Amidst everything else for the past few years, I've had a project brewing for Upper Arlington's Concourse Gallery - they wanted to preserve the legacy of the local ash trees, which are being destroyed by the Emerald Ash Borer, so they asked local artists to create some art from logs they cut to our specifications from trees that were dying. Can you guess what I made? The UA Concourse Gallery is at 3600 Tremont Rd.. There are several interesting and beautiful pieces. Stop in if you can!

08/19/2015

DId you know that Dave Western ( David Western Lovespoons) will also be at the North American Festival of Wales this September 3-6? It's a good thing, too, because, as it turns out, it's tough to build up lovespoon inventory when you're helping to organize a national festival! But thankfully, I finally twisted Dave's arm enough to get him to come! YAY! It might be because he's excited about this spoon we began years ago, and are now finishing up to donate as a raffle prize at this year's NAFOW. This will be the first of our collaborations that we will both get to see in person when it's complete! If you want a chance to win it, come to the Hyatt Regency Columbus - for the North American Festival of Wales, beginning Thurs. Sept 3. The prize draw will take place DURING the Grand Concert on Saturday night, Sept. 5, featuring Cor y Penrhyn with guest soloist, Gwawr Edwards (all coming to us from Wales). Need not be present to win - but you do need to be there to get a ticket! I'm holding back on my carving images, but here's the design - I don't know what you think of it, but Dave & I are excited - we think, of all we've done together, we feel like we've done this one "right." Fun fun fun!!!

06/12/2015

Just in case any SINGERS or POETS happen to see this - a great competition opportunity is coming to Columbus this Labor Day weekend.....the Eisteddfod competitions at the North American Festival of Wales (NAFOW) offers cash prizes and even a scholarship to compete in Wales! Don't miss it!!!

P.S. I know I've fallen off the social-media planet while I've been helping with this year's NAFOW planning, and madly carving to keep up with commissions and some inventory at Studios on High Gallery (you'll even find me carving there some days!), - I hope to return from my social media hiatus after getting through this year! Thanks for bearing with me! And hope to see lots of you in Columbus this September!