A deep dive into woodworking for people of all levels!
Named from an Orcadian dialect word meaning to stoop or crouch, these traditional wooden seats were historically made and used across Scotland and the Northern Isles for carrying out low-level tasks such as milking cows or tending fires.
For those of us no longer living in a thatched croft on a windswept archipelago, today, they make great folky seats, step-stools, side tables or plant stands.
Using a range of tools and techniques, you will make and take home your own stool. Ideal for complete beginners or those with some experience who want to advance their skills, under our careful tutorship you will learn how to make structurally strong mortise and tenon joints, as well as how to measure, mark-out and saw accurately.
As with all our courses, we encourage students' creative expression and build-in a degree of flexibility and creative freedom into our designs. We’ll work with you to make something totally unique.
Course Highlights:
-Learn about the characteristics and materiality of timber and various wood species.
-Learn how to measure and mark accurately.
-Learn to use a series of traditional hand tools, including planes, saws, chisels and bit & brace drills.
-Learn to create strong mortise and tenon joints.
-The fundamentals of finishing wood with waxes and oils.
-Have a beautiful and usable stool to take home at the end!
All classes take place 9:15 – 17:00 at our workshop (Froe Studio, Edith Road Workshops, 15 Edith Road, Oxford, OX1 4QB).
Courses are limited to 5 learners.
Courses are 18+ (or 16- and 17-year-olds with a participating responsible adult)
A light lunch and tea and coffee are included.
Please wear closed-toe sturdy footwear and clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty or dusty.
We will give full safety briefings and ensure all activates are as safe as possible, however, we will be using sharp things and accidents can happen. By booking onto a course you are accepting that you are attending at your own risk and you will be asked to sign a waiver before the course begins.
A deep dive into woodworking for people of all levels!
Named from an Orcadian dialect word meaning to stoop or crouch, these traditional wooden seats were historically made and used across Scotland and the Northern Isles for carrying out low-level tasks such as milking cows or tending fires.
For those of us no longer living in a thatched croft on a windswept archipelago, today, they make great folky seats, step-stools, side tables or plant stands.
Using a range of tools and techniques, you will make and take home your own stool. Ideal for complete beginners or those with some experience who want to advance their skills, under our careful tutorship you will learn how to make structurally strong mortise and tenon joints, as well as how to measure, mark-out and saw accurately.
As with all our courses, we encourage students' creative expression and build-in a degree of flexibility and creative freedom into our designs. We’ll work with you to make something totally unique.
Course Highlights:
-Learn about the characteristics and materiality of timber and various wood species.
-Learn how to measure and mark accurately.
-Learn to use a series of traditional hand tools, including planes, saws, chisels and bit & brace drills.
-Learn to create strong mortise and tenon joints.
-The fundamentals of finishing wood with waxes and oils.
-Have a beautiful and usable stool to take home at the end!
All classes take place 9:15 – 17:00 at our workshop (Froe Studio, Edith Road Workshops, 15 Edith Road, Oxford, OX1 4QB).
Courses are limited to 5 learners.
Courses are 18+ (or 16- and 17-year-olds with a participating responsible adult)
A light lunch and tea and coffee are included.
Please wear closed-toe sturdy footwear and clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty or dusty.
We will give full safety briefings and ensure all activates are as safe as possible, however, we will be using sharp things and accidents can happen. By booking onto a course you are accepting that you are attending at your own risk and you will be asked to sign a waiver before the course begins.
