mike abbott living wood.

[sean]

Just received this from mike abbott at Living Wood......sounds like it could be good.

 

Abbotts Living Wood Newsletter, January 2010

 

 

BBC 2 Mastercrafts

A new decade is starting and I have a strong feeling that it is going to be a very good time for green wood crafts. So far as I know at the moment, starting on February 12th, a new series entitled Mastercrafts (not Masterclass as I have been telling people) will be shown on BBC 2 at 9pm for the next 6 weeks. Each week will feature a traditional craft: thatching, glass, weaving, stone-masonry, metal work and green woodwork. The series will be hosted by Monty Don with the aim of ‘putting traditional crafts firmly back on the map in modern Britain’. This means that an hour of prime time TV will concentrate on the progress of three students at Guy Mallinson’s woodland workshop in Dorset as they spend six weeks grappling with the skills of cleaving, shaving, pole-lathe turning and much more. Their final project was to design and make a greenwood chair and I was asked to join them for their last few days to judge who made the best job of it. It was great fun and I am looking forward to seeing how it comes across on the telly. Do look out for it.

[David oakman]

Nice one Sean i will watch out for it. I have got Mikes living woods book and i get the living woods magazine and mike writes in it:thumbup1:

[Charlieh]

cheers for the heads up sounds good!

[sean]

tonights is bbc2 9pm about bodging!