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Country Craft Courses
This section covers craft courses which can be anything
using traditional skills eg hurdle making, felting or basketweaving.
Although some of these may not be necessary to your ultimate work
related goals they are complementary to an all-round countryside
knowledge and are vital in keeping alive ancient skills and traditions;
and they all make for a enjoyable, informative experience.
September 2010
04/09/2010 Introduction to
Digital Nature Photography 1 day
Testwood Lakes Wildlife Reserve, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife
Trust. 01489 774400,
courses@hwt.org.uk, http://www.hwt.org.uk/pages/current-courses.html
05/09/2010 Optics Day
1 day
Northamptonshire, Forestry Commission. Contact: 01780
444691
11am – 3.30pm Find out about binoculars, telescopes and “digiscoping”
and have a try before you buy.
07/09/2010 Photography for
Beginners evening
Northamptonshire, Forestry Commission. Contact: 01780
444691
6.30 – 8.30pm Learn how to take better pictures, whatever type of
camera you have. Booking Essential.
10/09/2010 Traditional Building
Skills: Introduction to Using Lime 3 days
Tanygroes, Ceredigion, Horgan & Webb Restoration. 01239
811155,
info@overtherainbowwales.co.uk, www.overtherainbowwales.co.uk
The practical way to learn to care for old houses. This new series of
residential, weekend hands-on courses, is designed to help you restore &
care for older buildings, with an emphasis on the use of lime.
11/09/2010 Coppicing Course
1 day
Alfrick, Worcestershire, Malvern Coppicing. 01684 574865,
pahoppy@btinternet.com,
www.malverncoppicing.co.uk
An introduction to coppicing for people with no experience of
coppicing or for others who are interested in traditional woodland
management. A maximum of 6 people on each course & food provided. Good
quality sharp tools are provided.
11/09/2010 Introduction to
Digital Nature Photography 1 day
Testwood Lakes Wildlife Reserve, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife
Trust. 01489 774400,
courses@hwt.org.uk, http://www.hwt.org.uk/pages/current-courses.html
11/09/2010 Introduction to Green Woodwork
3 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
11/09/2010 Green Woodwork Introduction 2 days
Gloucestershire, Cotswold Woodland Crafts. Contact: 01453 753452,
paul@cotswoldwoodlandcrafts.co.uk, www.cotswoldwoodlandcrafts.co.uk
11/09/2010 Coracle Making Course 2 days
Wallingford, Woodworks. Contact: 07770 002467 / 01491 834886
Using traditional materials & basic hand tools each 2 day course will
provide you with a completed & covered coracle frame. £260 incls most
materials. Course takes place outdoors & will run whatever the weather.
Bring packed lunch. Places must be booked.
12/09/2010 Felt Making
1 day
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£55 inc. lunch (mats £10 pp) Felt-making is an ancient textile
process. Come & learn how to
transform washed & combed sheep’s fleece into beautiful, tactile,
durable felt, using nothing more than soap, water & friction.
Leader: Frances Barker
14/09/2010 Traditional Sign
Writing 1 day
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£120 inc. lunch. A
rarely-offered one-day course on traditional sign-writing, from a
professional sign-writer, Wayne Tanswell.
14/09/2010 Photography for
Intermediates evening
Northamptonshire, Forestry Commission. Contact: 01780 444691
6.30 – 8.30pm Expand your knowledge of digital photography. Ideal for
those with SLR cameras. Booking Essential
18/09/2010 Introduction to
Digital Nature Photography 1 day
Testwood Lakes Wildlife Reserve, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife
Trust. 01489 774400,
courses@hwt.org.uk, http://www.hwt.org.uk/pages/current-courses.html
18/09/2010 Cob Building Workshop
1 day
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 4:00pm £70 Cob is an ancient earth building technique which
uses a combination of earth, straw, sand and water. Come and enjoy
learning the basics of one of the most environmentally friendly ways of
building.
18/09/2010 Herbal Medicine
Making 2 days
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£130 inc lunch & materials. Unearth the secret Green Pharmacy locked
in our fields & hedgerows. Learn how to identify safely, collect &
prepare the medicinal plants growing all around us & start your own
herbal medicine cabinet to take away. Led by Jude Greenan & Vanessa
Neville
18/09/2010 Willow Structures
1 days
Balallan House, Stirling, BTCV Scotland. Contact: 01786 479697, www.btcv.org/scotland
18/09/2010 Nature Digital
Photography Workshops for Beginners 1 day
Brixton, London, Embrace Cooperation Ltd. Contact: 020
727 49450,
john.c@myembrace.org,
http://embraceworkshops.wordpress.com/photgraphy-workshops/
Learn nature photography and help charitable projects at the same
time. Courses are aimed at beginners looking at simple photography tips.
The photography training will cover basic camera settings and will look
at composition tips for taking better photos. Learn from our friendly
experienced photography tutor.
18/09/2010 Whittling Workshop
1 day
Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre. Contact: 01299
250513,
bishopswoodcourses@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
£70 10:00am - 4:00pm Come & have a go at the ancient art of
whittling. Sit around the camp fire & learn how to create using raw wood
& a small knife.
21/09/2010 Green Woodwork & Chairs
6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
21/09/2010 Photography for
Beginners evening
Northamptonshire, Forestry Commission. Contact: 01780
444691
6.30 – 8.30pm Learn how to take better pictures, whatever type of
camera you have. Booking Essential.
23/09/2010 Working with Willow
1 day
Birmingham, Environmental Trainers Network. Contact: 0121
359 2113,
etn@btcv.org.uk
A practical day giving you a whole experience of using willow. From
creating small 'take away' objects using dried willow, through lantern
making and larger structures, to having a go at making big outdoor
growing structures like screens and shelters. Fees: £114/ £168 + VAT
25/09/2010 Willow Basketry 2 days
Ashford, Kent, AJS Crafts. Contact: 01233 820461,
info@ajscrafts.co.uk, www.ajscrafts.co.uk
Using both traditional & contemporary techniques learn to weave a
round basket from a wide variety of willows using the stake & strand
method. History, cultivation & preparation of materials also covered.
This workshop is suitable for both beginners or those with experience
wishing to improve their techniques. 10 – 4.30pm
25/09/2010 Making the most of
your digital compact camara 1 day
Testwood Lakes Wildlife Reserve, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife
Trust. 01489 774400,
courses@hwt.org.uk,
http://www.hwt.org.uk/pages/current-courses.html
26/09/2010 Natural Willow
Platters 1 day
Thornhill, nr Stirling, West Moss-side Organic Farm & Centre.
Contact: 01786 850428,
bookings@westmossside.com,
www.westmossside.com
26/09/2010 Apple Day
1 day
Brighton, Brighton Permaculture Trust. Contact: www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk
27/09/2010 Natural Rendering & Lime
5 days
Powys, Centre for Alternative Technology. Contact: www.cat.org.uk/shortcourses
27/09/2010 Timber Frame - Self Build 5 days
Powys, Centre for Alternative Technology. Contact: www.cat.org.uk/shortcourses
28/09/2010 Photography Day
1 day
Kent, Wildwood Trust. Contact: 01227 712111,
www.wildwoodtrust.org
28/09/2010 Photography for
Intermediates evening
Northamptonshire, Forestry Commission. Contact: 01780
444691
6.30 – 8.30pm Expand your knowledge of digital photography. Ideal for
those with SLR cameras. Booking Essential
October 2010
01/10/2010 Creative Campfire
Cookery 1 day
Devon, Wildwise. Contact: 01803 868269,
info@wildwise.co.uk,
www.wildwise.co.uk
A day looking at the creative culinary potential inspired by wild
foods & campfire cookery. Professional chef from Schumacher College
will lead an experiential day to cultivate a personal connection to
foraging, preparing & cooking for groups in the outdoors. Cost:
£115/£95/£70
02/10/2010 Basketmaking 1 days
Balallan House, Stirling, BTCV Scotland. Contact: 01786 479697, www.btcv.org/scotland
03/10/2010 Twined Basketry 1 days
Ashford, Kent, AJS Crafts. Contact: 01233 820461,
info@ajscrafts.co.uk, www.ajscrafts.co.uk
Although twining is an ancient technique, the thrust of this workshop
will be on more contemporary shapes & ideas. You can choose from a wide
variety of natural or recycled materials to create your twined basket.
The twining technique lends itself very well to more creative & organic
forms. 10 – 5pm
07/10/2010 Fire by Friction
Workshop 1 day
Devon, Wildwise. Contact: 01803 868269,
info@wildwise.co.uk,
www.wildwise.co.uk
A workshop to introduce the principles & practice of this most
extraordinary skill - the ancient technology of fire-making using the
bow-drill method. Part of the day will be spent making your own
bow-drill set. Cost: £115/£95/£70
08/10/2010 Traditional Building
Skills: Introduction to Using Lime 3 days
Tanygroes, Ceredigion, Horgan & Webb Restoration. 01239
811155,
info@overtherainbowwales.co.uk, www.overtherainbowwales.co.uk
The practical way to learn to care for old houses. This new series of
residential, weekend hands-on courses, is designed to help you restore &
care for older buildings, with an emphasis on the use of lime.
08/10/2010 Oak Swill Basket
Making 3 days
Crathie, Aberdeenshire, SCRA. Contact: 01339
742295,
willowlohr@btinternet.com
Book by 1/10/10
09/10/2010 Green woodwork Weekend 2 days
Gloucestershire, Cotswold Woodland Crafts. Contact: 01453 753452,
paul@cotswoldwoodlandcrafts.co.uk, www.cotswoldwoodlandcrafts.co.uk
10/10/2010 Apple Pressing & Bottling 1 days
Hampshire, Sustainability Centre. Contact: 01730 823166,
courses@sustainability-centre.org, www.sustainability-centre.org
Apple pressing, pasteurising, cider making & information on apples &
equipment; Bring all ye windfalls & take home some juice!
Non-residential £60
16/10/2010 Make a Pole Lathe 2 days
Gloucestershire, Cotswold Woodland Crafts. Contact: 01453 753452,
paul@cotswoldwoodlandcrafts.co.uk, www.cotswoldwoodlandcrafts.co.uk
17/10/2010 Food for Free 1 days
Suffolk, Assington Mill. Contact: 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com, www.assingtonmill.com
17/10/2010 Apple Day Food &
Crafts Festival 1 day
Cockington Country Park, Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust.
Contact: 01803 606035,
www.countryside-trust.org.uk
10am – 4pm Adults £3.50, children free. Visit our food, drink and
crafts marquees; watch as we press apples on the Victorian press and
collect freshly pressed juice to take home; take part in children’s
activities and enjoy entertainment and music throughout the day.
20/10/2010 Painting the Autumn
Landscape 1 day
Thornhill, nr Stirling, West Moss-side Organic Farm & Centre.
Contact: 01786 850428,
bookings@westmossside.com,
www.westmossside.com
22/10/2010 Introduction to Green
Woodwork 1 day
Flimwell, East Sussex, Plumpton College. 01273 892052,
pd@plumpton.ac.uk,
www.woodnet.org.uk/events
£80 Learn how to work with green freshly felled wood to make a range
of products. Practical hands on day learning cleaving, shaving and pole
lathe turning while you make a small item of your own. Advance booking
required.
23/10/2010 Spinning from Raw
Fleece 1 day
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£95inc. lunch. (6 places
only). Learn the basics of hand spinning using raw fleece from rare
breed sheep & the processes involved in preparation. Bring or borrow
your own wheel if possible.
Fleeces provided. Leader:
Sally Hind
24/10/2010 Besom Brooms 1 days
Ashford, Kent, AJS Crafts. Contact: 01233 820461,
info@ajscrafts.co.uk, www.ajscrafts.co.uk
An essential tool for the house & garden, learn how to make your own
entirely from locally coppiced wood. Just in time for the Halloween
festivities. 10 – 1pm
24/10/2010 Woodwork for beginners
2 days
Suffolk, Assington Mill. Contact: 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com, www.assingtonmill.com
25/10/2010 Oak Timber Framing
5 days
Flimwell, East Sussex, Plumpton College. 01273 892052,
pd@plumpton.ac.uk,
www.woodnet.org.uk/events
£450 Practical hands-on course with participants working together to
construct and erect a frame with a roof. Advance booking is essential.
26/10/2010 Photography Day
1 day
Kent, Wildwood Trust. Contact: 01227 712111,
www.wildwoodtrust.org
27/10/2010 Rustic Chairs
2 days
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 4:00pm £140 Create you own chair using materials from
Bishops Wood using traditional woodland skills. Take home your creation!
Lunch provided both days around the camp fire.
29/10/2010 Painting the Autumn
Landscape 1 day
Thornhill, nr Stirling, West Moss-side Organic Farm & Centre.
Contact: 01786 850428,
bookings@westmossside.com,
www.westmossside.com
31/10/2010 Basket Making
workshop 1 day
Occombe Farm Education Centre, Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust.
Contact: 01803 606035,
www.countryside-trust.org.uk
9.30am – 5pm £55,bring a packed lunch. A hands-on workshop for
beginners to learn traditional English basket making skills. Create your
own small round basket (great for storing your root vegetables in!) We
will use brown Somerset willows and selected coloured bark willows grown
locally. Booking essential.
November 2010
05/11/2010 Charcoal Making
1 day
Flimwell, East Sussex, Plumpton College. 01273 892052,
pd@plumpton.ac.uk,
www.woodnet.org.uk/events
£80 Practical course using small kilns. Advice on selecting wood,
sourcing and making kilns & marketing charcoal will be given.
Advance booking essential.
11/11/2010 Generating income
from coppice woodland 1 day
Flimwell, East Sussex, Plumpton College. 01273 892052,
pd@plumpton.ac.uk,
www.woodnet.org.uk/events
£80 Designed for anyone interested in generating income from coppice
woodland by selling or using produce. Learn about harvesting, storage
and marketing produce. Advanced booking essential.
13/11/2010 Creative Basketry
2 days
Thornhill, nr Stirling, West Moss-side Organic Farm & Centre.
Contact: 01786 850428,
bookings@westmossside.com,
www.westmossside.com
14/11/2010 Christmas Preserves
Workshop 1 day
Occombe Farm Education Centre, Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust.
Contact: 01803 606035,
www.countryside-trust.org.uk
10am – 4pm £25 to include simple ploughman’s lunch, tea/coffee and
jars of jam, chutney & marmalade to take home. Basic preserving
techniques; including making your own jam, chutney, & marmalade &
demonstrate making lemon curd too. Booking essential.
20/11/2010 Hurdle Making 2 days
Hampshire, Sustainability Centre. Contact: 01730 823166,
courses@sustainability-centre.org, www.sustainability-centre.org
Make a traditional chestnut gate hurdle & a woven hazel wattle hurdle
to take away with you. Non-residential £136 Residential £155.50 **Do one
day of the hurdle making course for £70. Choose to make either a hazel
woven hurdle or a chestnut gate hurdle contact us for more details.**
20/11/2010 Bushcraft Skills Day
1 day
Brixham, Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust. Contact: 01803
606035,
www.countryside-trust.org.uk
10.30am – 3pm £10 per person (suitable for ages 16 & over) An
opportunity to work with a bushcraft expert to learn skills including
friction fire lighting; safe cutting techniques with knives and saws;
making cord from nettles; cooking on a camp fire and more! Booking
essential
23/11/2010 Photography Day
1 day
Kent, Wildwood Trust. Contact: 01227 712111,
www.wildwoodtrust.org
27/11/2010 Willow Planting &
Maintenance 1 day
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 1:00pm £30 Why willow? How to maintain and where not to
plant! Willow kits
available at site for purchase to take away.
Nov 2010 - Mar 2011 Personal Tuition
various days
Green Wood Cottage, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk,
www.living-wood.co.uk
December 2010
05/12/2010 Festive Willow Craft 1 days
Hampshire, Sustainability Centre. Contact: 01730 823166,
courses@sustainability-centre.org, www.sustainability-centre.org
Students will learn about cutting, grading & dying willow alongside a
variety of creative techniques make festive gifts & decorations to take
home. Non-residential £65
05/12/2010 Rush & Willow
decorations & presents 1 day
Thornhill, nr Stirling, West Moss-side Organic Farm & Centre.
Contact: 01786 850428,
bookings@westmossside.com,
www.westmossside.com
11/12/2010 Introduction to
Coppicing 1 day
The Water's Edge country Park, Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire
Wildlife Trust. 01652 637055,
ewilmotshwap@googlemail.com,
http://www.lincstrust.org.uk
£25 Learn about the tools and techniques of the ancient art of
coppicing - a technique that has shaped our native woodlands & provided
woodcraft materials for centuries.
Full training, instruction & Certificate of Attendance provided.
17/12/2010 Introduction to Pole
Lathe 1 day
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 4:00pm £70 Learn how previous generations turned wood using
a foot powered wood turning tool. Have a go at turning a rolling pin,
making a candle stick holder.
28/12/2010 Photography Day
1 day
Kent, Wildwood Trust. Contact: 01227 712111,
www.wildwoodtrust.org
January 2011
11/01/2011 Coppicing
1 day
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 4:00pm £70 Come and learn this traditional form of woodland
management which benefits wildlife biodiversity!
16/01/2011 Medieval Timber
Framed Buildings 1 day
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£55 including lunch & visit to houses. Come & learn more about your
medieval house: how & when it was
built & how it was updated by subsequent generations.
Leader: David Andrews
22/01/2011 Willow Planting &
Maintenance 1 day
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 1:00pm £30 Why willow? How to maintain and where not to
plant! Willow kits
available at site for purchase to take away.
29/01/2011 Shave Horses
2 days
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 4:00pm £140 Learn how to make a useful shaving horse device
from a hand full of round logs. Ideal introduction to working with green
wood or round wood. Take home your own creation!
February 2011
23/02/2011 Whittling Workshop
1 day
Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre. Contact: 01299
250513,
bishopswoodcourses@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
£70 10:00am - 4:00pm Come & have a go at the ancient art of
whittling. Sit around the camp fire & learn how to create using raw wood
& a small knife.
March 2011
26/03/2011 Willow for the Garden
1 day
Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire, Bishops Wood Centre.
01299 250513,
bishopswoodcentre@worcestershire.gov.uk,
www.bishopswoodcentre.org.uk
10:00am - 4:00pm £70 Learn how to make your own garden structures
using dried willow to support and enhance your garden.
28/03/2011 Development Week 1
5 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
April 2011
04/04/2011 Development Week 2 5 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
May 2011
10/05/2011 Chairmaking 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
18/05/2011 Introduction to Green Woodwork 3 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
21/05/2011 Green Woodwork & Chairs 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
June 2011
07/06/2011 Green Woodwork & Chairs 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
14/06/2011 Chairmaking 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
July 2011
30/07/2011 Introduction to Green Woodwork 3 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
Jul/Aug 2011 Introduction to Green Woodwork 3 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
Jul/Aug 2011 Green Woodwork & Chairs
6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
August 2011
02/08/2011 Green Woodwork & Chairs
6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
09/08/2011 Chairmaking
6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
31/08/2011 Introduction to Green Woodwork 3 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
September 2011
03/09/2011 Green Woodwork & Chairs 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
13/09/2011 Chairmaking 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
20/09/2011 Green Woodwork & Chairs 6 days
Brookhouse Wood, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk, www.living-wood.co.uk
November 2011
Nov 2011 - Mar 2012 Personal Tuition
various days
Green Wood Cottage, Living Wood. Contact: 01531 640005,
abbott@living-wood.co.uk,
www.living-wood.co.uk
ad hoc
Chainsaw Carving 5 days
Childer Wood, Peter Harmer. Contact: 01905
381081, sowerpaw@fsmail.net
Chainsaw Carving 2 days
Childer Wood, Peter Harmer. Contact: 01905
381081, sowerpaw@fsmail.net
Chainsaw Carving ? days
Childer Wood, Peter Harmer. Contact: 01905
381081, sowerpaw@fsmail.net
Making Traditional Longbows from Yew 3 days
Lower Turley Farm, Cullompton, Devon, Society for the Promotion of
Traditional Archery. Contact: 01884 32234, mwhiteman@ukonline.co.uk
Discover the fascination of bowyry as you convert
by hand a yew log so that it will bend into a semicircle without
breaking. Over a three day period we will cover the following: bow
design, selection of wood, preparation of staves, thinning of sapwood,
tillering, making horn nocks, finishing & shooting.
Hurdle Making 2 or 5 days
Sparsholt College, Hampshire, Sparsholt College. Contact: 01962 797213,
enquiry@sparsholt.ac.uk, www.sparsholt.ac.uk
These courses will provide you with an insight
into the whole production process of creating a hazel hurdle. Learn
about: Coppice management. Select and harvest material for
hurdle-making. Develop skills in hurdle-making and make a small wattle
hurdle.
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