Green Wood Chair Course

Green woodwork introduction spring 2019.

Green wood chair course.

Paul hayden has been teaching green woodwork and windsor chair making courses at westonbirt arboretum for twenty years. 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. June 2016 nine day chair making workshop 1.

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. 5 day chair making course 425. 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. Six day green wood creative seating course.

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. Wood fired pizza always a favourite at lunch times. A six day course run from the devon green wood centre on the beautiful south devon coast. March 23 27 april 20 24 may 18 22 june 8 12 july 6 10 sept 21 25 october 12 16.

Green wood chair making. Two day introductory courses also available. Introduction to green wood furniture making. With only 2 4 participants per course everyone benefits from a high level of one to one tuition.

Westonbirt arboretum which was was established by the holford family in the early nineteenth century has been owned forestry commission since 1956. Since 1996 alison has developed her own distinct approach to chair design and construction. 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. Introduction to steam bending.

A well earned break with bread from the wood fired clay oven. 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. His courses have gained international acclaim regularly attracting participants from as far afield as japan and new zealand as well as. 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.