Beginners Steam Bending - Lake District

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.  At the end of the day, put your new skills into practice, and design and make your own steam-bent creation, it may be a lampshade, candle-stick, vase... or something else!   We put as much as we can into one 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 allows for some of the course to be taught in the adjacent woods where we may even cut down a small tree for use during the day (weather permitting).  You…