Pole-lathe turning Taster Days
Duration: 1 day
Price: £80
Run by:
Maurice Clother
at
Touch Wood
Brockhampton Park
Bringsty
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR6 5TB
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About the Course
Learners will cleave the harvested wood, and shape it with axes and drawknives to prepare billets for spindle turning. Using simple traditional tools, the materials can be transformed into a range of useful and decorative items; please discuss your ideas with the tutor.
Maurice Clother, who is educated to degree level in forestry, is the touch-wood tutor, he is often assisted by other touch-wood workers. Maurice has been a bodger (pole lathe turner) for 20+ years and has taught green woodwork since 2001.
The venue is the woodturning area in the courtyard of the National Trust’s idyllic Lower Brockhampton House. The Wood Turning workshop is equipped with plenty of shave horses and pole lathes to enable learners to make a wide range of beautiful and functional items. Possible projects range from a rolling pin, rounders bat or spinning top to a lidded shrink pot or a mallet. Certainly one finished item, maybe two or more are achievable in the day.
The source of the materials is all around – Lower Brockhampton Estate has 700 acres of woodland, and is an ancient woodland site, managed in a sensitive and sustainable way. Native hardwoods are harvested on within the estate, to be crafted into a range of items, using traditional methods and simple hand tools.
The National Trust café provides a delicious lunch for those learning the turning.
Enjoy this ancient and absorbing craft, coached by an experienced artisan tutor, and take the fruits of your labour home with you at the end of the day!
If booking with a CraftCourses voucher for part or all of the course fee, please fill in the contact form above or telephone us. Your voucher code must be provided at the point of booking.
What's included in the price?
All materials, tuition and use of tools are included, as are refreshments and a delicious lunch.
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A good course in a lovely National Trust parkland setting. Its only a taster course so just one day to see if you like it and want to take it further. I loved it so I will be making my own lathe and learning the craft.
Rhodri Jenkins - - #14512
Had a fantastic day at Lower Brockhampton Estate on the Pole Lathe Turning. Maurice was very knowledgeable and excellent at teaching us the basics of wood turning (also very patient with my poor attempts at times!). We were taught what to do and which tools were used for what and were then free to explore and get a feel for using the lathe, but help was readily available from Maurice if we needed it. We were free to make whatever objects we chose. Would thoroughly recommend the course and will definitely be doing this again in the near future!
Laura Ghent - - #14505
The day was great, with an instructor who obviously thoroughly enjoyed woodworking, and sharing his enjoyment with others. I am very happy with the items I created. Thank you, Maurice
Sean Radtke - - #8966
I recently went on the pole lathe turning workshop at Brockhampton and found the entire day totally absorbing. We created 2 tools from the raw cleaved wood, and Maurice skillfully guided us throughout the process. It was a great day and thoroughly enjoyable. I have impressed many friends already with the implements created on the day!
Phil Argyle - - #8936
Very enjoyable day, well run by the instructor, very pleased with the end results
Ken Davies - - #7495
I went on this course recently and found it absolutely amazing, the instructor was brilliant and the finished product is more than i could ever have hoped for and everyone ive shown has been amazed!
Daniel Cracknell - - #7481
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Course Start Dates
Saturday 27th October 2018Browse all UK Traditional woodland crafts & green woodworking courses, Woodwork courses, and Wood turning courses
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