Brush making with Flo Hamer

Description

Join Florence Hamer for a day of traditional brush making. You’ll explore shapes and patterns over a full day, learning a range of techniques and skills all about the humble brush! , You will work through a few different styles of traditional hand wrapped Appalachian style brushes, working with a range of natural fibres to create up to 5 brushes throughout the day, giving you plenty of time to experiment and improve your skills and you will leave with some incredibly useful and beautiful objects for your home. Greenwood Days have been running woodland craft courses since 1998. The course centre is set in a beautiful 90 acre wood in the National Forest on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border.  Our tutors are all highly skilled professional craft workers and teachers who share our passion for preserving, promoting, and passing on these crafts and techniques. Come and enjoy the beauty of the woodland, be inspired, be creative, learn a new craft.

What's included in the price?

- Copious amounts of tea, coffee, and biscuits. - A lovely lunch with fresh home-made bread, soup of the day followed by fresh fruit. - All meals are vegetarian but do let us know if you have any other dietary requirements. - The course fee includes all materials required to complete the projects, use of tools, and specialist equipment associated with each course. - Instruction will be given for the safe use of tools.  The minimum age for standard courses is 18.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Greenwood Days

with Craft Courses since 2014

Message the tutor

Greenwood Days have been running woodland craft courses since 1998, from a beautiful 90 acre wood in the National Forest on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border. We offer day, weekend, midweek and week-long courses ranging from traditional Windsor chair-making to contemporary willow sculpture, longbow making to spoon carving. Our tutors are all highly skilled professional craft workers who share our passion for preserving, promoting and passing on these crafts and techniques.