I'll be teaching #CoilBasketry at #Exeter Cathedral #Bioblitz this Friday, which will also have a variety of nature-themed activities for children and adults.

#HeritageCrafts #AncestralSkills

https://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/events/ec-bioblitz/

My copy of the latest Regional Furniture Society Newsletter just arrived, and I'm delighted to see a photograph of a chair bottomer re-rushing a historic chair on the cover. He is semi-retired, maybe even fully retired now. He learned his skills from blind people in a workshop where he was employed to transport the workers.
#HeritageCrafts #RegionalFurniture
#Rushing (and #Caning)

@Cassana
Photos of #Luthiers at work always welcome! #HeritageCrafts

Sometimes the smallest things can give you the biggest realisations. I started these socks a full year ago as a "quick project" and I've only just finished them. I guess I have been pretty busy. How long is it acceptable to pretend it's "busier than normal" before admitting that "busy is normal"?

Secondary realisation, #PureWool chunky socks are much better than my worn out slippers, layered thin socks or any other combination of things I've been wearing all winter. I must take a lesson from the ancestors and just wear my #VikingReenactment kit more often. Literally couldn't feel the cold tiles at all through these beauties.

#Alafosslopi yarn in #JorvikStitch / #YorkStitch. #Nålbinding.

#Raynauds #HeritageCrafts #WoolSocks #VikingCrafts

Sometimes the smallest things can give you the biggest realisations. I started these socks a full year ago as a "quick project" and I've only just finished them. I guess I have been pretty busy. How long is it acceptable to pretend it's "busier than normal" before admitting that "busy is normal"?

Secondary realisation, #PureWool chunky socks are much better than my worn out slippers, layered thin socks or any other combination of things I've been wearing all winter. I must take a lesson from the ancestors and just wear my #VikingReenactment kit more often. Literally couldn't feel the cold tiles at all through these beauties.

#Alafosslopi yarn in #JorvikStitch / #YorkStitch. #Nålbinding.

#Raynauds #HeritageCrafts #WoolSocks #VikingCrafts

2/3 I removed the top from the base and got out one of my favorite hand planes.

As I got close to removing all of the damage I occasionally stopped to brush denatured alcohol over the top. This made the remaining damage more visible so I had a better idea of how much further to go.

I eventually reached a point where the damage was not immediately noticeable and I decided that there was enough top left that it would not need to be replaced, which made me happy.

#antiquetools #heritagecrafts

Project for 16 to 25-year-olds in West #Cornwall UK

#HeritageCrafts pre-apprenticeship programme, which is now seeking 16 to 25-year-olds in #CornishHedging, #Coppersmithing and #Basketmaking between February and April 2023.

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/westcornwall/

@bethsawin

Mine are very self-serving, but #furniturerestoration #antiquefurniturerestoration #antiquetoolrestoration #heritagecrafts #heritagetrades

I was on t’radio today!

Listen to (a little bit of) me and my lovely colleagues talk about how me make a #bell at the #bellfoundry in the #BBC #Radio4 #documentary “Bells That Still Can Ring”. There’s great interviews with Oliver Caroe at #StPaulsCathedral, the sound engineer behind AC/DC’s #HellsBells and a team of #bellringers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fwcz

#radio #bells #bellringing #bellfounding #HeritageCrafts #industrial #IndustrialHistory #acdc #GreatPaul