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Orchard Barn
Bildeston Road
Ringshall
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 2LY

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£95
An Introduction to Traditional Timber Framing
An Introduction to Traditional Timber Framing
Suffolk - Next course on 30th July 2019
This Introduction to Traditional Timber Framing course is for complete beginners to traditional carpentry as a method of construction. Whether you are a home-owner who wants to learn how your timber frame is constructed, or you are looking at self-build, or you are a surveyor needing to understand the strength of the frame design, this course will provide you with the basics and more. Your tutor Rick Lewis has over 30 years of timber framing...
£190
Hurdle making course
Hurdle making course
Suffolk
Use the green woodworking skills of riving (controlled splitting), hewing (shaping with an axe), shaving (with a drawknife) and greenwood joinery to make the parts of a modified Suffolk gate hurdle and fit them together. Once used for making temporary enclosures for sheep, these traditional hurdles have now been slimmed down and simplified, morphing into attractive trellises, plant supports and instant fences for the modern garden. Your tutor is master bodger Will Wall. He has...
£475
Masonry stove construction course
Masonry stove construction course
Suffolk - Next course on 9th July 2019
A masonry heater (or masonry stove, ceramic stove, tile stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature for a long period. The technology has existed in different forms, from back in the Neoglacial and Neolithic periods! They can be designed with heated seats, ovens, even hot plates for kettles. Maybe...
£87
Natural Building with Earth and Trees
Natural Building with Earth and Trees
Suffolk - Next course on 29th June 2019
Learn traditional methods of converting earth into cob, daub or clay lump. Make your own earth sculpture to take home. Find out about using coppiced woodland materials in construction. Try your hand at using a shave horse and draw knife. This Experience Day shows you how our ancestors built with their local landscape in low-tech and sustainable ways. Building is fun and easy. Think small and local. Involve your friends and family. Celebrate a special...
£255
Shave horse making at Orchard Barn, Suffolk
Shave horse making at Orchard Barn, Suffolk
Suffolk - Next course on 27th June 2019
Learn green woodworking skills at Orchard Barn. On this 3-day course you will construct a shave horse from scratch using traditional techniques and tools. Locally sourced green wood is used throughout. Your tutor, Will Wall has decades of experience of teaching, bodging and working with greenwood. Small group size (6) ensures plenty of individual time with the tutor. Learn how to make best use of equipment such as a shave horse and traditional hand tools...