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Category Archives: greenwood courses
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
Posted in fan birds, greenwood courses, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged carving, course, fan bird, learn, UK, workshop
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Scythe weekend at Bradwell Community Orchard
The summer weather arrived just in time for my first scythe course of 2012, at Bradwell Community Orchard in the Peak District. I’d already done some mowing in the Lake District and in Austria but I was especially looking forward … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, Scytherspace
Tagged course, learn to mow, learn to scythe, scythe, scything, UK, workshop
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Scythe Teachers' & Group Leaders' Training Course 2012
Teachers’ and Group Leaders’ Training Course for mowing instructors, group leaders or those wanting to perfect their scythe skills Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 June at Muchelney, Somerset culminating in the West Country Scythe Fair on Sunday 17 June The … Continue reading
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Tagged course, learn to mow, learn to scythe, SABI, scythe, scythe association, scythe teacher course
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Spooncarving at 'Weekend in the Woods' 2012
I had a brilliant weekend teaching spooncarving to students on the Coppice Association’s ‘Weekend in the Woods’. Six courses all taking place over the same weekend makes a fantastic atmosphere with lots of folk busily making and sharing ideas. When … Continue reading
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Tagged CANW, carving, coppice association, course, cumbria, learn, Weekend in the Woods, wooden spoon, workshop
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One-to-One Scythe Tuition at Somerset Scythe Festival
Christiane and I will be running a small number of one-to-one workshops in mowing and peening at this year’s Somerset Scythe Festival on 16-17 June 2012 at Thorney Lakes, Muchelney. You can learn to improve your scything with individual attention … Continue reading
Posted in greenwood courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Christiane Lechner, learn, learn to mow, learn to scythe, peen, peening, scythe, scythe festival, scything, sharpen, somerset, Steve Tomin
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Bradwell Community Orchard Scythe Course
In May, my first course of the year will be a Learn to Scythe weekend at Bradwell in Derbyshire for Bradwell Community Orchard Group The group’s organiser, Eleanor Dunn writes: The village of Bradwell in the Peak District is perhaps best … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradwell, Bradwell Orchard group, Derbyshire, learn, learn to mow learn to scythe, UK
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Bowl carving one-to-one workshop
A great day today teaching Sam Robinson on a one-to-one workshop at Sprint Mill. Sam is a current apprentice on the Bill Hogarth Apprenticeship scheme, now in his second year. We’d been talking about various crafts a couple of weeks … Continue reading
Posted in carved bowls, greenwood courses, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged adze, apprenticeship, Bill Hogarth, Bill Hogarth apprentice, bowl carving, carving, coppice association, course, cumbria, green wood, green woodwork, greenwood, learn, one to one, private tuition, sprint mill, trough, workshop
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