Green Wood Chair Course

June 2016 nine day chair making workshop 1.

Green wood chair course.

5 day chair making course 425. Wood fired pizza always a favourite at lunch times. These range from traditionally made chairs rustic furniture fencing and other green wood garden products turned items timber frames coppice products and other woodland crafts. Two day introductory courses also available.

Combining the skills of traditional windsor chair making with techniques of free form green wood furniture construction this course will enable you to design and develop a chair or other seat with a strong sculptural presence. Her green wood forms are materials led working with the natural shapes and curves of the hazel is a dynamic process like a conversation between the tree and the chair maker. In that time more than two thousand people have attended his chair making courses. Learn to use the pole lathe and other green woodworking techniques to create a beautiful finished product without the use of power tools or machinery.

A six day course run from the devon green wood centre on the beautiful south devon coast. Introduction to green wood furniture making. Paul hayden has been teaching green woodwork and windsor chair making courses at westonbirt arboretum for twenty years. Introduction to steam bending.

His courses have gained international acclaim regularly attracting participants from as far afield as japan and new zealand as well as. A well earned break with bread from the wood fired clay oven. Courses take place at the green wood chairs studio near skibbereen co. The products i produce are mainly dependent and inspired from the materials available at the time which generally come from woodlands that i have been managing or.

March 23 27 april 20 24 may 18 22 june 8 12 july 6 10 sept 21 25 october 12 16. July 2016 nine day chair making workshop 2. Westonbirt arboretum which was was established by the holford family in the early nineteenth century has been owned forestry commission since 1956. Green wood chair making.

The purpose built workshop provides students with the necessary facilities for designing and making chairs stools and small tables. Home shop commissions courses about community contact back all products. Professional chair making courses with over 30 years experience in running courses in green wood chair making mike will guide you through the process of making a chair straight from unseasoned logs. Since 1996 alison has developed her own distinct approach to chair design and construction.