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Professional Green Woodwork Instruction Since 1985"A modest collection of hand-tools and a few age-old, easily constructed devices, are sufficient to turn a tree into a hurdle, a spoon, or a strong and elegant chair." Mike Abbott | |
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"Working with an elemental material like wood, in the raw, outdoors, in a vibrant green wood, filled with birdsong, with like-minded people, simply makes you happy. The therapeutic and meditative benefits shouldn’t be underestimated, and making chairs from trees cultivates an appreciation of design and beauty. A respect for the past is inherent in using old techniques, and not just preserved in aspic or museum reconstruction. Rather it’s a living continuation, and in some cases improvement of the folk practices of the past." (Tom Ball, Brookhouse Wood assistant 2008). |
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