After an introduction to green woodworking you can then
choose to concentrate on making a Welsh stick or a Windsor
dining chair with solid adzed seat. Alternatively you can design
and make your own chair or make a pole lathe and shavehorse
for your home workshop. I have extended this course to 7 days
allowing an extra half day's tuition and an afternoon free
in the middle of the course. This allows me to keep the price
reasonable and course students can either go off sight seeing,
relax or continue in the workshop at their own risk.
There is a materials charge
for seating, from £10 to £50. 
A range
of chair styles made on 7 day courses
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 covers
all apsects including the design, construction and finishing of Windsor and
Welsh Stick chairs (with an adzed elm seat and steam bent arm) on all nine
day courses.
Alternatively,
students can make a Clissett style ladderback chair (with steam bent back
posts). The
latter can either be bark seated or rush seated during the last two days of
the July course under the expert tuition of Sheila Wynter. The nine day courses
offer more experienced makers the chance to design and make their own chair
or other project.
There is a materials charge
for seating olf £10 to £60
.
The 9 day courses include a free half day as in the 7 day course.
A range of chair styles made on 9 day courses
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For examples of chair styles and terms used <<click
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For
pictures of steam bending <<click
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For
examples of seating styles and materials <<click
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