Wooden gate making weekend at Greenwood Days

Description

Spend a weekend designing and building a rustic gate on this two-day course with Alastair Hayhurst. The ideal project to start or progress your green woodworking journey, you’ll be schooled in using traditional hand tools and techniques, and leave with a solid foundation of skills and a wonderful handmade gate! (Gate size – maximum height 1.2m, maximum width 0.9m.) Sweet chestnut is a naturally durable wood that does not require treatment, and will silver up over time. You will learn: – How to source appropriate wood – How to design your gate – Cleaving and shaping techniques – Joints and frame building – Finishing techniques 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 and 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.