3 Day Professional Steam-Bending Course
Mon 17 Oct
|Charlie Whinney Studio
The perfect in-depth introduction to steam-bending – get all the basics, 2D and 3D bends, twisting, splitting and powered bends plus make something to take home. This 3-day program includes a bench bend and group-chair design/making session.
Time & Location
17 Oct 2022, 10:00 – 19 Oct 2022, 17:00
Charlie Whinney Studio, Top Barn, Beck Head, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands LA11 6SH, UK
About the event
The perfect introduction to steam-bending. Learn how to source and select the best wood; bend different species; 2D and 3D bends; three types of compression strap; twisting, splitting and powered bends. The first day is our standard beignners course, and days 2 & 3 we will take things further bending a bench and group chair design&make session. Expect to take home your own steam-bent creations, it may inckude be a lampshade, candle-stick, vase... or and on this course we can also fabricate bespoke jigs, endstops etc... to take home too! We put as much as we can into the 3 day to give you an overview of what is possible and how to do it.
This course is taught in the Cumbrian workshop of Charlie Whinney Studio. The building is an ancient stone barn nestled under SSSI Whitbarrow Scar in the UNESCO World Heritage Lake District National Park. This venue…
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Normal Price
£800.00
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25% discount for students in full time education (college, uni, school etc).
£500.00
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