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We Love Scottish Hardwoods

16/5/2022

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We mainly use ash for our Big Tree greenwood working courses - but we do use many of our beautiful locally grown timbers in the work we sell in our Buy Design Gallery. Home grown elm, ash, beech, cherry, sycamore, oak, sweet chestnut, alder and birch etc all make up a fantastic range of colour and properties for a wide range of homeware products.
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Making the difference ....

16/5/2022

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We are absolutely sure that you can see people grow taller during the days events. Gaining confidence, tackling the huge range of techniques to learn to make their very own piece of work. We quite often see the look of  trepidation when course attendees are presented with a massive lump of wood and an an axe first thing in the morning and by the end of the day they have mastered the skills to make a beautiful piece of work.. It's amazing to watch it all unfold from their hands. 
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Prep time

7/2/2022

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Always something to do ......
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Big Tree Artwork

7/2/2022

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Just love these old posters ... makes you want to be amongst them doesn't it ?
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From Logs to Legs

7/2/2022

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Chris for Treetops to Workshop came in last week and gave us a hand to cross cut some of the longer ash which we will use up in the first few weeks of courses. Always good to get the tree specialists and foresters involved in the chain of custody. As it happens Chris is a really good maker as well and often helps out on the courses. Bringing an extra skills set to the days.
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Just to let our visitors know what we do !!!

1/2/2022

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Got some new banner printed up for the workshop doors. We get a lot of visitors to the gallery and workshop who are just transfixed by the chairmaking and green wood activity. Show them and they will come !!!
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Stormy few days ahead

31/1/2022

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Our local woodlands took a right battering in the recent storms. From communit4y woodlands to large commercial operations nobody escaped the Arwens, Barras, whatever and whatever !! Massive damage to some big old trees round the workshop and up at the community woodlands. Going to be a lot of remedial work and planting over the next few years not weeks !!!
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A New Year and New Courses

3/1/2022

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Happy New Year everyone ! Well here's hoping for a safer and brighter 2022. We've got lots planned for this year, new courses, new tutors, new materials for you all to get stuck into. Please have a look at the course bookings. We've had a flurry of vouchers over Christmas so if you were lucky enough to get one please book up NOW ! If you're travelling from a distance there's a list of good local accommodation providers in the tabs above as well.
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Solstice Wishes To You All

22/12/2021

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New Course Dates for 2022

11/9/2021

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It's time to put up course dates for next year folks., Thanks for all the patience with all the rescheduling of the covid postponements. And due to the demand we are taking booking now for the first half of 2022. Spaces always go quickly as the word of mouth job that our past attendees do is so effective !!!! Some firm favourites such as stool and chair making but some new ones being introduced. Remember we always do a voucher schemes to give to friends or colleagues. 
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