GREEN WOODWORK

 

Chair Making Courses at Clissett Wood 2008

 

6 day course June 2007

Wettest 6 day course on record, July 2007

6 day Green Woodwork & Chair Making.
After an introduction to green woodworking you can then choose to concentrate on making a high or low stool, a ladderback chair with bark seat, or a simple Windsor chair with solid elm seat. Alternatively you could make a pole lathe and shavehorse for your home workshop, or tackle several smaller projects of your choice.

There is a materials charge for seating.

A range of chair styles made on 9 day courses

 

9 day Chair Making Workshop.

This course starts on Saturday afternoon and runs until the following Sunday afternoon.
It offers a chance to tackle a more complex chair or, alternatively, to combine the pleasures of making with a more relaxed time in the woods. Tuition focuses on the design, construction and finishing of Windsor and Welsh Stick chairs (with an adzed elm seat and steam bent arm) on the August courses and Clissett style ladderback chairs (with steam bent back posts) on the July course. The latter can be rush seated during the last two days under the expert tuition of Sheila Wynter.

There is a materials charge for seating.
The 9 day courses include a free morning for rest or exploration of the area.


For examples of chair styles and terms used <<click here>>

For pictures of steam bending <<click here>>

For examples of seating styles and materials <<click here>>

Rush seating a 'Clissett' ladderback.

 

Weekend: Rush Seating Course.
On this course Sheila Wynter will tutor rush seating a ladderback or spindle-back chair. The course will allow some makers on the 9-Day Chairmaking Workshop to weave a really professional rush seat, but will also have space for newcomers who should bring along the frame of a stool or chair to be rush-seated.

There is a charge for rushes used of £12-£18.

 

 

 

 

to contact Gudrun:

by email: gudrun@greenwoodwork.co.uk
by phone: 01531 640 125
or by post: Gudrun Leitz, Hill Farm, Stanley Hill, Bosbury, LEDBURY, Herefordshire, HR8 1HE