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/
#coilbasketry #exeter #bioblitz #heritagecrafts #ancestralskills
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)
#heritagecrafts #regionalfurniture #rushing #caning
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.
#purewool #vikingreenactment #alafosslopi #jorvikstitch #yorkstitch #nalbinding #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.
#purewool #vikingreenactment #alafosslopi #jorvikstitch #yorkstitch #nalbinding #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.
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.
#cornwall #heritagecrafts #cornishhedging #coppersmithing #basketmaking
Mine are very self-serving, but #furniturerestoration #antiquefurniturerestoration #antiquetoolrestoration #heritagecrafts #heritagetrades
#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
#bell #bellfoundry #bbc #radio4 #documentary #stpaulscathedral #hellsbells #bellringers #radio #bells #bellringing #bellfounding #heritagecrafts #industrial #industrialhistory #acdc #greatpaul