frame armchair making course
| date: | 17th July 2027 to 22nd July 2027 (6 days) |
| overview: | Make a chair from a tree! Starting with ash logs, we will shape and bend the wood using hand tools (axes, drawknives) to create components for a chair. We will steam bend the back posts and back rungs and turn tenons on the stretchers and cleave the back slats. We will assemble the chair and finish with a woven willow seat. Construction will use traditional tenon and mortice joints and green wood techniques. |
| what is green wood? | Green Wood is freshly felled, still sappy wood. To work it requires a set of simple techniques based on an understanding of how wood reacts – both to the tools, and to the dry and shrinking process. Because it is green, the wood is soft and easy to work with hand tools, and because of this, green woodwork creates little waste, and can utilise small trees and logs. It is therefore green in all senses of the word – especially as at Bore Place the trees are felled as part of ongoing woodland restoration and sustainable management. Our courses and volunteer days are about learning woodcraft and helping with the conservation of Bore Place. |
| start time: | day 1: 9.30am tea/introductions for 10am start days 2 to 6: 10am start |
| lunch: | approx 1pm – 2pm please bring a packed lunch. Hot drinks will be provided. |
| finish time: | approx 4.30pm each day |
| cost: | £760 per person |
| tutor: | John Waller |
| cancellations: | we will provide a full refund if you cancel your place more than 14 days in advance of the course start date. Please note that we will be unable to refund your course fee or transfer you to another course if you cancel your place less than 14 days before the start of the course. |
| what to wear: | Wear sturdy shoes or boots at all times. Please also wear warm, comfortable clothes that are suitable for the current weather conditions. You will be outside for much of the course |
| course size: | 2 to 3 people |
| what to bring: | all tools and materials will be provided, but please feel free to bring along any interesting tools! |
| how to book: | Booking Form |
| location: | Courses and volunteer days are held at Bore Place, between Edenbridge and Sevenoaks, Kent. Bore Place is an environmental and educational charity on a 500 acre organic dairy farm, set in beautiful low weald countryside. Converted farm buildings and a Jacobean Manor House offer accommodation if required, with walks and local pubs to enjoy when you’re not wooding! Directions will be sent to you once you’ve booked on a course and can also be accessed from the Workshop Directions Page. |
| accommodation: | Depending on availability, there is accommodation to rent on site. If you want to book accommodation, it is essential that you contact Bore Place before booking a place on a course as options are limited. Please call 01732 463255 or email bookings@boreplace.org. There are also some glamping options on site - see Free Range Glamping for more information. |
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