Tag Archives: currach

"Cagmagary & Coppice" exhibition preview at Farfield Mill

Posted on January 18, 2015 by stevetomlin

Carved bowls and bread boards
Today was the opening of a new exhibition at Farfield Mill in Cumbria where I am exhibiting my latest carved bowls. Continue reading →

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Curach launched

Posted on March 27, 2012 by stevetomlin

Sunday was a gorgeous blue-skied day and perfect weather to take the curach out for it’s public launch at Bowness in the Lake District. Edward was already there when Ian, Susan and I arrived and we carried the curach down … Continue reading →

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Curach painting

Posted on March 22, 2012 by stevetomlin

While I’ve been away on holiday in Austria raking a hay meadow Edward and Romola have been busy at Sprint Mill painting the curach with bitumen roofing paint ready for the launch in Windermere on Sunday March 25th. Fingers crossed that … Continue reading →

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Skinning the Curach

Posted on March 21, 2012 by stevetomlin

The day finally arrived last week to skin the curach. To be honest, this is one of the parts we’ve had some trepidation about; the instructions we’re working with get a bit vague at this stage and sewing isn’t a … Continue reading →

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Curach hull complete

Posted on March 7, 2012 by stevetomlin

Another full day of work on the curach and suddenly it’s all come together. It’s amazing how long it’s taken to tie on all the laths and we’ve put quite a bit of time into getting the curves of the … Continue reading →

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Curach progress

Posted on February 26, 2012 by stevetomlin

We’ve had a couple more meetings together to work on the curach project which is coming along nicely. To bend the hazel couples into shape for the ribs we discussed the use of steam and bending formers. As the width … Continue reading →

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Curach frame building

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stevetomlin

The curach project is underway. Yesterday Edward, Ian and I spent a terrific day working together at Sprint Mill to build the frame from spruce. A local carpenter had machined the pieces to size for us and Edward’s son kindly … Continue reading →

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Curach builders' meeting

Posted on November 19, 2011 by stevetomlin

This week I met with Ian & Edward to discuss our currach building project. I’ve been thinking about another boat project since I finished the recovery kayak and I was attracted to the curach as another lightweight skin-on-frame boat. The … Continue reading →

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