Sunday 24 February 2013

Shows and workshops 2013

I teach a fair amount of people and have been doing so for 15 years or so. I do not have many workshops this year as I have committed myself to teaching at the Husbandry School. Carol and Jonty are good friends of mine and are committed to growing food and teaching Husbandry as well as various earth based crafts. To find out more about the ancient art of Husbandry click here.
Anyway I have one definite date for a fan bird carving workshop
I may schedule in some more but I am also busy with other teaching, demonstrations and shows.
My wife is doing an exciting project and I hope to travel to India in the autumn with her, which cuts out a couple more dates for workshops.

If you want to learn various skills I teach then do book up to do a 1 to 1 with me, it is a bit cheaper if you bring a friend, or book up for more days. This tuition is tailored to what you want to learn and we map out the time in advance to make sure we can cover the skills you want to learn.

People also book me for private workshops at my or their venues, email me to talk through ideas and prices.

I will be teaching at The Husbandry School click here for the workshop dates

5-6th April you will see me demonstrate at Yandles Woodworking show in Martock

10- 12th May Bodgers Ball

29-30th I will be demonstrating at the Staffordshire in the woodland area with likes of Doug Joiner, Gudrun Leitz, Owen Jones and Jeremy Atkinson

5-6th July Exeter Cathedral Green craft Fair, I will be demonstrating and selling

2nd- 4th Aug  teaching at Spoonfest

14th of Aug more or less Teaching at the Sussex and Surrey Coppice week. Fan birds and balancing dragonflies

17th Aug Fan bird workshop

24-26th Aug Westonbirt Treefest not confirmed yet

20th - 22nd Sept Bentley Woodfair with the Sussex and surrey coppice group

5-6th Oct Cranbourne Chase woodfair

In amongst this I have a couple of talks with various wood clubs.

So if you are at any of these events please drop by and say hi.

Saturday 16 February 2013

Plant sticks

Great fun to do, and you can just let your imagination run wild. These are painted with milk paint and gold leaf. I thought I would make some for my Mums birthday after seeing them on various Swedish web sites.


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