Windsor Chair Making Courses Uk

After receiving awards recognition and many lucky breaks luke earned a substantial reputation as a professional chair maker.
Windsor chair making courses uk. Tutor paul hayden has been making chairs since 1989. With nearly 30 year of experience paul can teach the total novice or the competent craftsman how to design and. Yet even the most experienced. Paul hayden has been teaching green woodwork and windsor chair making courses at westonbirt arboretum for twenty years.
Peter is a great tutor who passes on his knowledge in friendly and accessible way without any fuss. Stool making course are now held separately from the chair making courses. More information and sign up. Great emphasis is put on making a windsor chair that is soundly constructed using traditional techniques that have stood the test of time.
5 days 380 small woods telford tf8 7dr you will make a contemporary cleft stick chair using traditional techniques with reference to both english and welsh traditional design. Windsor stool making covers most of the techniques used in making a windsor chair except steam bending. Starting october 10th elia and i will teach my democratic side chair. Here are links and comparisons of some of best chair making courses in the uk.
Make a windsor chair using fresh logs that are pole lathed then seasoned in a wood fired kiln. On the 5 day chair making courses the use of green wood is essential in order to make the finest possible chairs and this wet wood is fully dried before being incorporated into the chair. You ll also try your hand at steam bending using a variety of hand tools to carve a seat and to frame a well proportioned and strong windsor chair. Luke barnett started his career in chair making many years ago.
We re not sure how many sessions it will take to complete the chair but our guess is ten to fifteen. Windsor chairs are the reason the sam beauford woodworking institute is in business today. The seat carved with hand tools. His six day chair making courses are held in westonbirt woodworks surrounded by the picturesque landscape of the national arboretum.
My chair now has pride of place at the head or our dining table and is admired by everyone who visits. Each session will be two hours. Westonbirt arboretum which was was established by the holford family in the early nineteenth century has been owned forestry commission since 1956. Courses all year round making different types of windsor chairs.
In that time more than two thousand people have attended his chair making courses. Making a windsor chair takes 10 consecutive days whilst making the stool is a five day course. Windsor chairmaking with luke a. Chair making courses over five days students create an elegant windsor chair using traditional techniques and a range of hand tools.