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A comprehensive and practical guide to working with an Austrian scythe. Perfect if you cannot attend a course or as a reference guide following tuition.
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Fan bird carving course in Co Durham
A day carving and folding wood to make fan birds. Continue reading
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Fan bird carving workshop
A lovely weekend carving and folding wood to create bird decorations, smiles and memories. Continue reading
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Wooden birds and brushes for Lancashire Woodcarvers
What do you do when you’re invited to give a demonstration and teach an afternoon workshop for 15 hobby woodcarvers? I was asked to do just that for the Lancashire branch of the Woodcarvers Association and decided to give them some carving they’d never seen before. Continue reading
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A week of courses
I had a wonderful start to my summer of teaching with several different craft courses within the space of a week. Continue reading
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Tagged course, fan bird, incised engraving, scythe, UK, workshop
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Fan Bird carving at Elvaston Wood Fest
Elvaston Castle Wood Festival is probably one of the best shows in the country for seeing top-class craft in action and I’m always thrilled to be invited to demonstrate there. This year I was showing visitors how to carve fan … Continue reading
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Fan Bird Carving Course
I’ve had a brilliant day teaching a group how to make fan birds. This is the third time I’ve taught fan bird carving at my workshop in Cumbria and I’ve made some modifications to the way I teach which really … Continue reading
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Fan Bird video
With Christmas approaching I’ve been busy preparing fan birds which are popular as decorations and gifts this time of year. At shows during this summer, a few people have asked how they’re made and not completely believed that they’re just … Continue reading
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Brantwood Winter Craft Fair 2012
It’s time again to get out to Brantwood House on Coniston Water for their annual Winter Craft Fair on 10 & 11 Nov, which this year features my fan birds on the flyer. I’ll be in the Studio upstairs with … Continue reading
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Fan Bird course
What a great weekend of courses, on Saturday I ran another of my Learn to Mow with a Scythe workshops on a glorious sunny day then on Sunday I was teaching a group how to carve fan birds. I’ve been … Continue reading
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Coloured Fan Birds
For the ‘Working Woodlands’ exhibition at Farfield Mill in Sebergh last month I made some fan birds and, to make them a bit more special, I tried out an idea to add colour to the wings. I think the results … Continue reading
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