Woodcraft Weekend

Description

This is a 3 day course covering different wood crafts Day 1 - Spoon Carving Day 2 - Small table or stool making Day 3 - Shrink pot carving Spoon Carving This course is for anyone who wishes to be able to carve a wooden spoon from start to finish and is ideal for complete beginners and those who have recently started spoon carving but wish to improve technique. This practical workshop will encompass everything in theory and practice that you need to create your spoon. The course is more than learning to carve a spoon, it’s a chance to reconnect with the outdoors and switch off from all of life’s little stresses. Small table or stool making This course is a great way to get a taste of green wood working. The workshop will cover, choices and coppicing wood, saw and knife skills, carving techniques, and creation of mortice and tenon joints. This course covers everything you need to know and do to create a stylish small stool or table to take away with you. It will give you the skills and confidence to start creating at home – a great way to unwind and to create your own unique, low impact furniture. This course is for anyone who would like to be able to begin green woodworking and start on their own furniture and is Ideal for complete beginners. The course is more than learning to make a stool or table, it’s a chance to reconnect with the outdoors and switch off from all of life’s little stresses. Shrink Pot Carving This Shrink Pot Carving course is a great way to get started with woodworking, covering choosing materials, using tools safely, carving techniques, and drying and finishing. You’ll leave with the skills and knowledge needed to start carving, and with your own hand made shrink pot or two! This course covers everything you need to know and do to create a stylish wooden shrink pot to take away with you. It will give you the skills and confidence to start carving at home – a great way to unwind and to create your own unique, low impact gifts, ornaments and functional items. Suitable for anyone who would like to be able to carve a wooden shrink pot from start to finish. Ideal for complete beginners or budding green wood workers looking to develop their skills. A chance to reconnect with the outdoors and switch off from all of life’s little stresses. Tutor: Tutor: Neil Hopkins of Forge Ways is the tutor for your green woodworking courses. Neil moved to the Dyfi Valley in 2007 near Machynlleth to work as a Renewable Engineering Project Manager and to live a more sustainable way of life on a smallholding, nestled in the foothills of the Cambrian Mountains. He has a passion for traditional skills and low impact ways of living, combined with a wealth of experience instructing in the outdoors. Neil has diverse qualifications and experience of arboriculture and green woodworking. He can often be found amongst the mountains as a member of his local mountain rescue team. He has developed his skills using traditional methods and hand tools such as shave horse, pole lathe, froe, axe, crook knife and creates both beautiful and practical items from wood gathered locally. Neil delivers courses with a calm competency, enabling students to learn skills in a relaxed learning environment that is both mindful and along permaculture principles. All proceeds from our events and holidays are ploughed directly back into managing our 40 acre nature reserve. Thank you for your support and please do come to visit soon.

What's included in the price?

What to bring: Lunch and snacks, closed toe footwear, practical and warm clothes, humour and enthusiasm. Light refreshments will be provided.

Cancellation policy

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

Maker

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre

with Craft Courses since 2013

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Denmark Farm Conservation Centre is a 40 acre nature reserve managed by the charity The Shared Earth Trust. We host a range of craft, sustainable living, conservation and ecology courses with all profits ploughed back into caring for the nature and wildlife on site.