Green Wood Intensive - Professional Development Course for Woodworkers.
For many years I have been excited by the idea of running a professional development course for professional woodworkers who either want to incorporate green woodworking into their practice, or make a complete change of direction. Many colleges that teach furniture making do not cover green woodworking at all. It is often considered a "lesser" skill, which I think is a shame, and does a massive disservice to what is an accessible, healthy, and environmentally sensitive discipline, and one that can provide a meaningful career. My approach to furniture making is pretty much unique - i enjoy both disciplines - working with dry boards, and working with wet poles, and love finding useful ways of bringing these two worlds together.
The Green Wood Intensive will take part from the 30th of April, to the 30th of May, 2025. This will be a thorough, creative exploration of the possibilities of green woodwork, and of combining green wood with fine furniture techniques, and contemporary materials. It will be held at the beautiful Devon Green Wood Centre a stone's throw from the stunning area of outstanding natural beauty which is the South Hams Coastline.
The “Intensive” is basically a combination of courses I have been developing over the past 12 years: the Intro Plus Steam, Green Wood Chair Making; Tool Sharpening and Maintenance; Introduction to Steam Bending and Creative Seating. Interspersed between these courses will be individual project time, to be used how you want - whether it be a personal project, experimentaion with the techniques you are learning, machining, jig-making, or whatever makes sense to you. The aim is to provide you with a suite of skills and knowledge that would allow you to turn green woodworking into a meaningful element of your career, or a hobby which you can confidently pursue. There will be plenty of time to talk about the practicalities of setting up your own green woodworking business.
Week 1: The course will start with a traditional “slab and stick” construction - a stool incorporating a steam bent component. This will teach you the basics of all green wood construction - cleaving, axe work, and shaving wood with a drawknife. It will also teach you how to get the right angles for your legs, how to carve a seat, and how to add stretchers and rails.
Week 2: A 6-day “post and rung” chair course. This is a bit of a green wood bootcamp! By the end of the 6 days you will really know how to use a froe, axe and drawknife effectively and efficiently. On day 6 you will learn simple techniques to weave a seat.
Week 3: includes a one-day intensive on steam bending, exploring the versatility, economy, and elegance of incorporating steam bent components. There will be time to develop ideas for your individual project work. You will also learn to sharpen, and care for your tools, (with a focus on green woodworking tools. We teach simple techniques so you can master ways to quickly get a razor edge on all your tools, making your working experience a joy.)
By this point we will have had time to discuss and develop a personal project. We will explore an intuitive approach to design appropriate to working with an irregular material like green wood. This project can be pretty much anything - shelves, cabinets, chairs, tables. Anything as long as it has an element of green wood (it’s what we’re about!)
Week 4: There are then two options - either to continue your personal project, (if it is a major undertaking), or to design and build a chair or bench using the skills you have learnt. By the end of the month you will have covered all the essential skills of green wood furniture making.
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This course is not really suitable for complete beginners. Please contact me to discuss if you are not sure if you have enough experience to tackle this month-long course.
For people wishing to use power tools and machines in their work, there is also the opportunity to be trained on using the powered equipment at the Devon Green Wood Centre. This is in line with my vision of using green woodworking in conjunction with modern methods of construction, and other materials in order to create a new kind of furniture with a warm organic feel, but entirely practical and suited to contemporary environments. Please contact me if you would like more information about this exciting experience. peter@peterlanyonfurniture.co.uk
This course runs from my beautiful workshop on the South Devon coast, not far from Plymouth.
The total cost of this course is £2000. this includes all materials except what you need for your personal project. This covers 23 taught days.
Click here if you’d like to see reviews of other courses
Here is a list of local accommodation.
For many years I have been excited by the idea of running a professional development course for professional woodworkers who either want to incorporate green woodworking into their practice, or make a complete change of direction. Many colleges that teach furniture making do not cover green woodworking at all. It is often considered a "lesser" skill, which I think is a shame, and does a massive disservice to what is an accessible, healthy, and environmentally sensitive discipline, and one that can provide a meaningful career. My approach to furniture making is pretty much unique - i enjoy both disciplines - working with dry boards, and working with wet poles, and love finding useful ways of bringing these two worlds together.
The Green Wood Intensive will take part from the 30th of April, to the 30th of May, 2025. This will be a thorough, creative exploration of the possibilities of green woodwork, and of combining green wood with fine furniture techniques, and contemporary materials. It will be held at the beautiful Devon Green Wood Centre a stone's throw from the stunning area of outstanding natural beauty which is the South Hams Coastline.
The “Intensive” is basically a combination of courses I have been developing over the past 12 years: the Intro Plus Steam, Green Wood Chair Making; Tool Sharpening and Maintenance; Introduction to Steam Bending and Creative Seating. Interspersed between these courses will be individual project time, to be used how you want - whether it be a personal project, experimentaion with the techniques you are learning, machining, jig-making, or whatever makes sense to you. The aim is to provide you with a suite of skills and knowledge that would allow you to turn green woodworking into a meaningful element of your career, or a hobby which you can confidently pursue. There will be plenty of time to talk about the practicalities of setting up your own green woodworking business.
Week 1: The course will start with a traditional “slab and stick” construction - a stool incorporating a steam bent component. This will teach you the basics of all green wood construction - cleaving, axe work, and shaving wood with a drawknife. It will also teach you how to get the right angles for your legs, how to carve a seat, and how to add stretchers and rails.
Week 2: A 6-day “post and rung” chair course. This is a bit of a green wood bootcamp! By the end of the 6 days you will really know how to use a froe, axe and drawknife effectively and efficiently. On day 6 you will learn simple techniques to weave a seat.
Week 3: includes a one-day intensive on steam bending, exploring the versatility, economy, and elegance of incorporating steam bent components. There will be time to develop ideas for your individual project work. You will also learn to sharpen, and care for your tools, (with a focus on green woodworking tools. We teach simple techniques so you can master ways to quickly get a razor edge on all your tools, making your working experience a joy.)
By this point we will have had time to discuss and develop a personal project. We will explore an intuitive approach to design appropriate to working with an irregular material like green wood. This project can be pretty much anything - shelves, cabinets, chairs, tables. Anything as long as it has an element of green wood (it’s what we’re about!)
Week 4: There are then two options - either to continue your personal project, (if it is a major undertaking), or to design and build a chair or bench using the skills you have learnt. By the end of the month you will have covered all the essential skills of green wood furniture making.
_____________
This course is not really suitable for complete beginners. Please contact me to discuss if you are not sure if you have enough experience to tackle this month-long course.
For people wishing to use power tools and machines in their work, there is also the opportunity to be trained on using the powered equipment at the Devon Green Wood Centre. This is in line with my vision of using green woodworking in conjunction with modern methods of construction, and other materials in order to create a new kind of furniture with a warm organic feel, but entirely practical and suited to contemporary environments. Please contact me if you would like more information about this exciting experience. peter@peterlanyonfurniture.co.uk
This course runs from my beautiful workshop on the South Devon coast, not far from Plymouth.
The total cost of this course is £2000. this includes all materials except what you need for your personal project. This covers 23 taught days.
Click here if you’d like to see reviews of other courses
Here is a list of local accommodation.
For many years I have been excited by the idea of running a professional development course for professional woodworkers who either want to incorporate green woodworking into their practice, or make a complete change of direction. Many colleges that teach furniture making do not cover green woodworking at all. It is often considered a "lesser" skill, which I think is a shame, and does a massive disservice to what is an accessible, healthy, and environmentally sensitive discipline, and one that can provide a meaningful career. My approach to furniture making is pretty much unique - i enjoy both disciplines - working with dry boards, and working with wet poles, and love finding useful ways of bringing these two worlds together.
The Green Wood Intensive will take part from the 30th of April, to the 30th of May, 2025. This will be a thorough, creative exploration of the possibilities of green woodwork, and of combining green wood with fine furniture techniques, and contemporary materials. It will be held at the beautiful Devon Green Wood Centre a stone's throw from the stunning area of outstanding natural beauty which is the South Hams Coastline.
The “Intensive” is basically a combination of courses I have been developing over the past 12 years: the Intro Plus Steam, Green Wood Chair Making; Tool Sharpening and Maintenance; Introduction to Steam Bending and Creative Seating. Interspersed between these courses will be individual project time, to be used how you want - whether it be a personal project, experimentaion with the techniques you are learning, machining, jig-making, or whatever makes sense to you. The aim is to provide you with a suite of skills and knowledge that would allow you to turn green woodworking into a meaningful element of your career, or a hobby which you can confidently pursue. There will be plenty of time to talk about the practicalities of setting up your own green woodworking business.
Week 1: The course will start with a traditional “slab and stick” construction - a stool incorporating a steam bent component. This will teach you the basics of all green wood construction - cleaving, axe work, and shaving wood with a drawknife. It will also teach you how to get the right angles for your legs, how to carve a seat, and how to add stretchers and rails.
Week 2: A 6-day “post and rung” chair course. This is a bit of a green wood bootcamp! By the end of the 6 days you will really know how to use a froe, axe and drawknife effectively and efficiently. On day 6 you will learn simple techniques to weave a seat.
Week 3: includes a one-day intensive on steam bending, exploring the versatility, economy, and elegance of incorporating steam bent components. There will be time to develop ideas for your individual project work. You will also learn to sharpen, and care for your tools, (with a focus on green woodworking tools. We teach simple techniques so you can master ways to quickly get a razor edge on all your tools, making your working experience a joy.)
By this point we will have had time to discuss and develop a personal project. We will explore an intuitive approach to design appropriate to working with an irregular material like green wood. This project can be pretty much anything - shelves, cabinets, chairs, tables. Anything as long as it has an element of green wood (it’s what we’re about!)
Week 4: There are then two options - either to continue your personal project, (if it is a major undertaking), or to design and build a chair or bench using the skills you have learnt. By the end of the month you will have covered all the essential skills of green wood furniture making.
_____________
This course is not really suitable for complete beginners. Please contact me to discuss if you are not sure if you have enough experience to tackle this month-long course.
For people wishing to use power tools and machines in their work, there is also the opportunity to be trained on using the powered equipment at the Devon Green Wood Centre. This is in line with my vision of using green woodworking in conjunction with modern methods of construction, and other materials in order to create a new kind of furniture with a warm organic feel, but entirely practical and suited to contemporary environments. Please contact me if you would like more information about this exciting experience. peter@peterlanyonfurniture.co.uk
This course runs from my beautiful workshop on the South Devon coast, not far from Plymouth.
The total cost of this course is £2000. this includes all materials except what you need for your personal project. This covers 23 taught days.
Click here if you’d like to see reviews of other courses
Here is a list of local accommodation.
