Woodwork courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

In-person course

Kent - Next course on 9th July 2022

Spoon carving day with Sean & Luke

(1)

£80

Get away from the stress of modern life, re-charge and learn a new skill in a beautiful setting. Experienced wood carving teachers, Sean and Luke will take you through a day of learning in a relaxing woodland environment. This mindful and creative course will not only teach you a new skill but will give you an opportunity to spend time in nature and use your hands, giving your mind a well deserved rest. The course caters for all levels. Group and family deals are available by contacting us directly. Minimum...

Get away from the stress of modern life, re-charge and learn a new skill in a beautiful setting. Experienced wood carving teachers, Sean and Luke will take you through a...

In-person course

surrey - Next course on 13th August 2022

1/2 day Introduction to Greenwood carving

(1)

£65

A great introduction to Greenwood carving. Learn to turn a log into something to cherish and use at home. Spend a relaxing time on our farm in the Surrey Hills away from the hustle with an introductory half day greenwood craft experience. You can lose yourself for a few hours as you create with your hands in this wonderful traditional wood craft whilst you soak in the surrounding nature. It’s a relaxed session with regular breaks by the open fire with locally roasted coffee. (Weather permitting). Aimed at beginners over...

A great introduction to Greenwood carving. Learn to turn a log into something to cherish and use at home. Spend a relaxing time on our farm in the Surrey Hills...

In-person course

Greater London - Next course on 25th September 2022

Learn pyrography - The art of drawing with fire

(1)

£65

This workshop invites participants to join sculptor Lee Borthwick for a relaxing foray into the art of pyrography, otherwise known as drawing with fire. Suitable for beginners, the workshop explores a variety of drawing techniques and pattern making using the wood burning pen and British hard woods. During the workshop we look at the range of applications for pyrography, discuss the appropriate materials to work with and create tactile natural samples. Participants also get experimental with a blow torch. The workshop concludes with students adorning their own beech presentation board...

This workshop invites participants to join sculptor Lee Borthwick for a relaxing foray into the art of pyrography, otherwise known as drawing with fire. Suitable for beginners, the workshop explores...

In-person course

Lanarkshire - Next course on 16th July 2022

Spoon Carving with Touchwood Glasgow

(15)

£89

Introducing Touchwood Glasgow, a full day greenwood carving workshop inviting participants to learn the basic skills required to hand-carve small useful objects, with the focus on a traditional wooden spoon. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners or those with a limited experience of woodcarving. I’ve been into working with wood for more than 30yrs, I studied Heritage Woodwork in 1995, though since then I’ve also studied Garden Design & Construction, Digital Photography (HND) and Fine Art (BAhons). My interest in wood as a creative medium has never left me...

Introducing Touchwood Glasgow, a full day greenwood carving workshop inviting participants to learn the basic skills required to hand-carve small useful objects, with the focus on a traditional wooden spoon....

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 19th December 2022

Furniture making SKILLS WEEK - Essential cabinetmaking hand skills - 5 days in East Sussex

(20)

£680

The Cabinetmaking Skills Week is the course you’ve been waiting for. If you’re a complete beginner this will give you the perfect grounding; if you’ve been woodworking for a while, this will be a great tune-up, sorting out any bad habits and reinforcing fundamental skills. Everything in Woodwork is based on Sharpening so this is the initial focus. You must have a sharpening system at your fingertips that works for you; we will look at angles, the exotic and not so exotic steels used for blades, high speed grinders, water-cooled...

The Cabinetmaking Skills Week is the course you’ve been waiting for. If you’re a complete beginner this will give you the perfect grounding; if you’ve been woodworking for a while,...

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 13th August 2022

Furniture Making - Cabinetmaking Fundamentals in East Sussex

(9)

£300

You will learn: The fundamentals of cabinet-making will be covered, including the following: • Planing techniques, dealing with ‘wind’ and ‘cupping’, flattening wide boards and squaring narrow edges • Preparing a ‘face side’ and ‘face edge’ • Using shooting-boards to plane narrow edges • Using squares and gauges • Cutting and planing timber to a fine tolerance • Exercises to develop the effective use of saws and chisels • Setting out and cutting accurate joints Tools A basic set of prepared tools will be provided for the duration of the...

You will learn: The fundamentals of cabinet-making will be covered, including the following: • Planing techniques, dealing with ‘wind’ and ‘cupping’, flattening wide boards and squaring narrow edges • Preparing...

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 1st October 2022

Wood Machining in East Sussex

(9)

£350

The main elements covered for each machine will include safe working practices, adjusting/setting up, choice of blade & blade changing, jigs and dust extraction: Band-saw Dimensioning timber components Cutting dovetails, circles etc. Design & use of a point fence Cutting veneers Cutting tenons Table-saw with sliding table Dimensioning veneered board material using the scoring unit Cross cutting and cutting short lengths using the sliding table Removing a waney edge Cutting timber to dimension using the rip fence Planer-thicknesser Surface planing techniques to remove wind, cupping etc. Using the fence to...

The main elements covered for each machine will include safe working practices, adjusting/setting up, choice of blade & blade changing, jigs and dust extraction: Band-saw Dimensioning timber components Cutting dovetails,...

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 3rd April 2023

Antique Furniture Restoration Techniques in East Sussex

(5)

£680

This course is designed as a practical introduction to working on and restoring antique furniture and will cover many of the main areas and techniques required for repair and refinishing. Ideally students will have some woodworking experience or have attended our ‘Sharpening and Tuning’ course, so that structural repairs and splices etc. can be attempted with confidence. This course is, however, equally relevant for the complete beginner who can use the course to enter the world of furniture restoration and gain the confidence of working on their own furniture in...

This course is designed as a practical introduction to working on and restoring antique furniture and will cover many of the main areas and techniques required for repair and refinishing....

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 25th July 2022

Furniture Making - Joints Week - Make a Table, all you need to know about joints

(4)

£720

Time to make your first piece of furniture! Or, perhaps, time to make your first accurate, crisp, precisely-made, piece of furniture. This is a great follow-on course from ‘Skills Week’ but will also happily stand alone if you have at least a little woodworking experience. Successful furniture making is based on good design, well thought out construction, and accurate execution of all the many components and joints that will be brought together to create, not just an elegant piece of furniture, but an elegant piece of furniture that doesn’t fall...

Time to make your first piece of furniture! Or, perhaps, time to make your first accurate, crisp, precisely-made, piece of furniture. This is a great follow-on course from ‘Skills Week’...

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 10th April 2023

POLISHING - French polishing & modern hand finishes in East Sussex

(4)

£680

This course is appropriate for both the complete beginner, and the more experienced restorer or furniture maker, who is perhaps lacking in confidence, or would like to look at a new approach to an old subject. Whilst this course is described as “Traditional” hand finishing, it is in fact hand finishing using mainly traditional materials, but with an up-to-date slant. The methods that John teaches for ‘French Polishing’ use simplified techniques which have evolved in our workshops over the years and make the process very approachable and less confusing. All...

This course is appropriate for both the complete beginner, and the more experienced restorer or furniture maker, who is perhaps lacking in confidence, or would like to look at a...