Beginners LAKE DISTRICT - SOLD OUT
Sat 02 Feb
|Charlie Whinney Studio (Cumbria)
The perfect introduction to steam-bending – get all the basics, 2D and 3D bends, twisting, splitting and powered bends plus make something to take home!
Time & Location
02 Feb 2019, 10:00 – 17:00
Charlie Whinney Studio (Cumbria), Beck Head House, Beck Head, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands LA11 6SH, UK
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About the event
The perfect introduction to steam-bending!. Learn how to source and select the best wood; bend ten species; 2D and 3D bends; three types of compression strap; twisting, splitting and powered bends. At the end of the day, put your new skills into practice, and design and make your own steam-bent bowl, vase or lampshade to take home. We put as much as we can into one day to give you a complete overview of what is possible and how to do it.
This course is taught in the Lake District workshop of Charlie Whinney Studio. The building is an ancient stone barn right nestled under SSSI Whitbarrow Scar in the UNESCO World Heritage Lake District National Park. This venue allows for some of the course to be taught in the woods adjacent to the wood where we may even cut down a small tree for use during the day (weath…