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Powys - Next course on 5th September 2022
Hide camp - deer skin into buckskin
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£400
This is a detailed course in brain tanning. We will be beginning with a raw deer skin, and you’ll take home a soft, wearable, brain tanned buckskin. During this 4 day course we’ll go through every step of the process in detail so that you can take this skill home with you along with your buckskin (scraping, dressing, softening and smoking). The focus will be on finishing a whole hide each. Buckskin is a very special material, soft enough to use as clothing; it has been used across many cultures...
This is a detailed course in brain tanning. We will be beginning with a raw deer skin, and you’ll take home a soft, wearable, brain tanned buckskin. During this 4...
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Derbyshire - Next course on 23rd August 2022
Bushcraft competency training
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£305
This 3 day training course is approved through the Institute for Outdoor Learning and focusses on equipping Teachers, Wildlife Rangers, Outdoor Pursuit Instructors and Forest School Leaders with some detailed understanding and confidence in the key skills of Bushcraft. The course looks at effective shelter construction, efficient fire lighting in a selection of methods with time spent on the bow drill, confident knife skills, string making direction finding, tree dentification, water procurement, wild food and wilderness cookery. This course can lead on to the Bushcraft Competency assessment which is increasingly...
This 3 day training course is approved through the Institute for Outdoor Learning and focusses on equipping Teachers, Wildlife Rangers, Outdoor Pursuit Instructors and Forest School Leaders with some detailed...
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West Yorkshire - Next course on 16th July 2022
Intro to Green Woodwork
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£85
This course serves as a general introduction to the basic skills used in green woodwork. You will spend the day developing the green woodwork skills needed to create your own kitchen spatula and Scandinavian butter spreader. You will start by selecting a suitable log and cleave the timber using traditional tools and techniques. After roughing out the blanks using a carving axe you will move onto the shavehorse and use a drawknife to create the shape of your spatulas and spreaders. Finishing touches will be added with small wood carving...
This course serves as a general introduction to the basic skills used in green woodwork. You will spend the day developing the green woodwork skills needed to create your own...
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Devon - Next course on 22nd September 2022
Greenwood carving at Sallerton Wood
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£170
These two-day courses will teach the techniques of carving by hand which will enable you to create your very own beautiful and unique vessels and spoons. You will be using traditional tools and techniques, and will start with a freshly-cut greenwood log. On the course, you will have a variety of options for the items you make, ranging from spoons, or a bowl or a Kuksa (a traditional Scandinavian wooden mug or bowl, used for eating and drinking). The principles and practicalities of tool sharpening will also be covered during...
These two-day courses will teach the techniques of carving by hand which will enable you to create your very own beautiful and unique vessels and spoons. You will be using...
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Surrey - Next course on 19th August 2022
Nettle Fibre Workshop
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£77.50
Learn how to make fibre & yarn from local nettles (No, nettles won't sting after being harvested :D) Did you know you can make cordage, yarn & cloth from our local nettles? Stinging nettles have been used as a fibre plant for textiles for over 3000 years in the UK, to make everything from heavy sailcloth to fine table linen up until the 18th century. Nettles are of great interest again since they one of most sustainable local fibres you can imagine. During the workshop we will gather local nettles...
Learn how to make fibre & yarn from local nettles (No, nettles won't sting after being harvested :D) Did you know you can make cordage, yarn & cloth from our...
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Leicestershire - Next course on 5th November 2022
Using sharp tools
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£78
This one day is designed to give people a good level of confidence and understanding in the use of knives and saws. Whether you are an outdoor professional, teacher or just someone who wants some no nonsense tutoring in the use of sharp tools this is a course to consider. Woodland Survival Crafts Ltd is one of the longest established schools of Bushcraft and related subjects in the UK and Dave Watson, who will be tutoring this course focusses on equipping people with confidence and understanding. The course itself is...
This one day is designed to give people a good level of confidence and understanding in the use of knives and saws. Whether you are an outdoor professional, teacher or...
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Wiltshire - Next course on 30th July 2022
Bushcraft and survival skills course
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£75
Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. Adult bushcraft and survival skills course This is a great hand’s on day at our woodland site near Warminster Wiltshire. Learning basic survival and bushcraft skills. During your time spent with us you will discover how to: · Build a debris shelter · Purify water · Use natural tinder's · Light a fire without matches · Make cordage from natural plant fibres · Identify trees · Find North without a compass Minimum age is...
Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. Adult bushcraft and survival skills course This is a great hand’s on day at...
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Cardiff - Next course on 26th June 2022
Beach Art Workshop Wales
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£56
I'll show you how to make sacred geometric shapes and then we'll work on a design. Upon completion, we'll take photos and reflect on this meditation/art experience. Don't worry about mistakes as this is a uniquely non-destructive and renewable art form and you'll find the whole experience a liberating one! This review sums up pretty well what I aim for: "After inspiring us with some of his own incredible designs, we couldn't wait to get started and headed down to the beach to get creative! When we got down to...
I'll show you how to make sacred geometric shapes and then we'll work on a design. Upon completion, we'll take photos and reflect on this meditation/art experience. Don't worry about...
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Monmouthshire - Next course on 4th September 2022
Traditional Frame baskets with Amanda Rayner
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£105
After popular demand I have decided to run another frame basket making workshop this time using some willow and hedgerow materials. This fun weaving workshop will happen in the beautiful surroundings of Usk Castle Chase in the New barn. We will start at 10 with a cuppa and an introduction to the materials before getting under way with our framework.
After popular demand I have decided to run another frame basket making workshop this time using some willow and hedgerow materials. This fun weaving workshop will happen in the beautiful...
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Wiltshire - Next course on 6th August 2022
Spoon Carving the Scandinavian Way - Introduction
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£75
Good News - We are open running courses. Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. During your time spent with us you will learn how to carve a spoon the Scandinavian way. Your tutors will pass on the knowledge they have gained from their time spent studying the art of spoon carving with the world-famous Swedish master craftsman Jögge Sundqvist. This course runs from our semi ancient woodland site near Warminster with a half hour break for lunch. Minimum age is...
Good News - We are open running courses. Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. During your time spent with us...
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