Make a Rustic 4 legged Jointed table - £190.
Sat/Sun 6th & 7th June 2015 - 9:30 - 4:00pm
A 2 day Course to introduce you to Green wood craft, using a Pole Lathe, basic craft tools and making simple Rustic furniture.
Over the course, you will cover the following:
1. Consider different types of native timbers [wood] and what you can make from it.
2. Be introduced to the various types of tools used in Greenwood Craft, and how to use them.
3. Learn the art of 'Cleaving or Reaving' from Hazel rods to large billets of timber..
4. Use of Cleaving breaks and shaving horses. What they are and how they can be of use.
5. Preparing to make a 'Rustic Table' having mastered the various equipment & tools used in greenwood craft, and will look at the basics of pole lathe turning techniques to make a rustic table.
Students will select harvested [coppiced] wood, and shape it with axes and drawknives to prepare parts for spindle turning . By using simple traditional tools, the materials can be transformed into a range of useful and decorative items.
Your objective will be to make a 'Jointed' Rustic table using greenwood working techniques. What is Green Wood? Green Wood is freshly felled, still sappy wood. To work it requires a set of simple techniques based on an understanding of how wood reacts - both to the tools, and to the dry and shrinking process. Because it is green, the wood is soft and easy to work with hand tools, and because of this, green woodwork creates little waste, and can utilise small trees and logs. It is therefore green in all senses of the word. A Rustic table is made from milled timber [Ash, Oak or Sycamore] for the top, with legs and stretchers of Hazle or Ash in its natural form. This makes a very handsome table, and is a great course to develop your greenwood craft skills, either as a hobby, or the first steps on a new craft career!
Arrive: 15 minutes prior to a 9:30am start
Depart: 4pm, although this is approximate.
Directions: Please look at the map featured on the website.
Let us know: if you have any special needs
Price: £190.00
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
All materials and tools are provided for you on the day. You will need to bring a packed lunch - drinks are provided! Wear suitable clothes for working outdoors.
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