/tags/woodcut/ Recent content in woodcut on Rootstalk Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us /past-issues/volume-vii-issue-2/andelson/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /past-issues/volume-vii-issue-2/andelson/ In the spirit of hopefulness that spring betokens, this spring especially, I thought I would take a break from the weighty topics I have addressed in my last few Publisher’s Notes—the pandemic, the derecho, climate disruption, the death of a prairie hero—and write about why I carve spoons. To be sure, spoon carving is a quirky, some might say anachronistic, pastime, but for me serious ideas lurk beneath its surface about our ties to the natural world, the relationship between practicality and artistry, the meaning of knowledge, and the threat posed to craftsmanship by industrial capitalism.