Traditional Timber Skills

[Arob]

If you have been watching The Victorian Farm tonight you'll have seen Owen Jones making an oak swill basket.

 

Owen and a number of other craftsmen and women pass on some of their skills at an annual week in the woods, typically there are classes on coppicing, charcoal making, green woodturning, hurdle making and so on. On the final day a number of other craftspeople show up, in past years these have included wheelwrights, very rare skills these days.

 

If you'd like to learn more see http://coppiceapprentice.org.uk/ and click on pioneers.

 

[David oakman]

Thanks for that

[Charlieh]

I have seen that through the small woods association, many of there other short courses are also on green wood crafts, i quite fancy going on the corical making course

[David oakman]

Charlieh in his coricle with his chainsaw doing his river work:001_smile:

[Ross Turner]

I went to the Greenwoods trust in Ironbridge,Shropshire & did my level 2 Coppicing course,I found so interesting.