Greenwood chairmaking

Aug 25, 20191 min read

A fine assembly of chairs & stools

The legs, stretchers, seats, spindles and combs were assembled to create five regal chairs and four elegant stools. #greenwood...

17 views

Aug 24, 20191 min read

The processes of chairmaking

Over the five days of our Windsor chairmaking course, our chairmakers shaped freshly felled ash using froes, axes, draw knives,...

14 views

Aug 18, 20191 min read

A hive of activity in the woodland workshop

Here is a little flavour of day one of our chair making course.... cleaving, axing, shaving, and lathing. They made a lot of shavings, a...

20 views

May 13, 20191 min read

First class bodger!!

Congratulations to Ben Willis who will be running our greenwood chair making course. Both his chair and his stool won first prize at the...

78 views

Apr 11, 20191 min read

Meet the teacher - Greenwood chair making

Ben Willis - www.benwillis-woodcraft.co.uk Ben learnt chair making while working as an assistant to the green-woodworking legend Mike...

31 views