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Join us at the beautiful Golden Hill Wood in our new open side workshop nestled in the woods and built from the woods. Immerse yourself in nature learning a traditional skill with hand tools.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided each day, and with free camping in the meadow and a fire pit, you can escape to our haven for the weekend with views over the black mountains and Wentwood forest. There is a compost loo on site but no shower.

These are the skills used before we had power tools when people would take their limited tools into the wood and make all sorts of useful items.

This is a 2 day course and you will go home with a completed 3 legged wooden stool. In this course you will learn:

• Sourcing and selecting wood for the stool

• Basic green woodworking or 'bodging' theory

• Cleaving out leg blanks from a log

• Using a side axe and/or carving axes to shape the legs

• Using a shave horse and drawknife to shape legs and make wedges for joints

• Using hand tools to smooth and finish the seat

• Using hand tools to shape the leg tenons

• Fitting the stool together• Levelling the stool

• Oiling the stool