Wooden Stool Workshops

with

CELI McCutchEON

Workshop

Description

Come and learn the magic of greenwood from Celi McCutcheon at the beautifully handcrafted Tree to Treen space at Grow Wilder in Bristol.

On this practical 2 day workshop, you will learn how to turn a log of freshly cut British hardwood into a beautiful piece of furniture that you and your friends/ family will admire for many years to come. I’ve designed the workshop so you’ll leave feeling empowered to embark on your own green woodworking journey with enough experience to experiment with making a wide range of traditional products.

Day 1:

  • Theory of green woodworking: Practical demonstration and discussion about tools, cleaving, types of timber, grain direction, and joinery
  • Cleaving and shaping legs and wedges using traditional tools – froe, drawknife, spokeshave, shave horse

Day 2:

  • Shaping seat
  • Setting up and drilling compound angles
  • Assembly and finishing

Best of all, not only will gain all this knowledge, but you’ll come away a wooden stool of your very own.

Shaving legs
Sizing the tenon on the legs
Shaping the seat with a spokeshave
Fitting and wedging the legs
Finished Stool
Finished Stools

Booking

About

Celi McCutcheon

Celi (@grownandmadewoodcraft) has been working with green wood for 13 years including completing an apprenticeship in woodland management and teaching green woodworking at the Cherry Wood Project near Bath. They are focused on making small useful items on the poles lathe, but is all about the connection between trees and the end product and they enjoy all areas of woodland crafts and woodland management. They are a member of the craft council and the heritage craft association. You can read more about their work on her website.

Celi McCutcheon