Make your very own Wooden puppet. (aged 8+.)

This course will provide you with all the materials, tools and information to create your own wooden puppet.  Be creative and choose a character, dragon or other creature to make. You will learn woodworking and tool skills including how to split wood, using a knife and drawknife safely and effectively, how to drill holes by hand with a brace and bit and how to create lashings and knots.

This course is taught by in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere by Nadine Grundy who has over 15 years experience teaching art, crafts and woodwork. Visit her website on www.greenfoxwildcrafts.co.uk.

All the wood is sourced locally from Ecclesall Woods and is cut as part of their normal woodland management.

• Learn to use a bar auger to create holes in wood without power
• Learn to use a shavehorse, a traditional woodland clamp and a drawknife to create tenons to fit the legs into the body
• Learn to use a pruning saw to create the length of the body parts
• Learn to use a hammer and nails to attach features such as buttons
• Learn knots and lashings.

Directions:   Please look at the map featured on the website.

What to bring: work clothes, packed lunch

Let us know: if you have any special needs  

Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £5 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course

Lunch:   bring a packed lunch  

What’s included:  All timber and tool use.   Refreshment throughout the day.