Chairmaking Workshops with Rotary Planes
At
URCHFONT MANOR COLLEGE
in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside
Windsor Chair Classes at Urchfont Manor
Thank you so much for for such an interesting and instructive course. I know I thoroughly
enjoyed it, as I am sure the others did. We all appreciated your and Patricia's patience
and good humour and the long hours you put in to make the week such fun.
Make a Chair
with
Peter Hindle of Ashem Crafts
6 Day Course At Urchfont Manor Wiltshire
URCHFONT MANOR
Urchfont
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 4RG
For Chair making
Monday April 21st - Saturday April 26th 2008
Monday 28th July - Saturday 2nd August 2008
Monday 22nd September - Saturday 27th September 2008
Prospectus is now available for the 2008 courses from the college.
Participants can choose from 12 alterternative
chairs (see pictures below) either Windsor style, Shaker chairs or English
ladder backs.
To book a course please contact Urchfont Manor:
Website : http://www.urchfontmanor.co.uk/
Tel : 01380 840 495
Email : urchfontmanor@wiltshire.gov.uk
Course Fees - please contact us for further information
This course is for anyone interested in
making either a Windsor style or English or American ladderback chair. With the use of Ashem rotary planes and allied
equipment, each student should complete the component parts for a chair of
their choice within the six day workshop. Everyone will have the use of the
rounders and Ashem equipment. Each participant will have the opportunity to
steam bend parts of their own individual chair using the windlass and forming
jigs.
Chair materials will be extra and
charged individually.
Double Bow Windsor made by Leslie Hall of Frome,
Somerset. Leslie has attended 4 consecutive chair courses at
Urchfont Manor.
Urchfont Manor is set in 10 acres of beautiful parkland
in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside a few miles south of the historic
market town of Devizes. The grounds include a walled garden, orchards, croquet
lawns and magnificent mature trees. The manor lies on the edge of the
picturesque village of Urchfont with its thatched cottages, duck pond and
village greens - an oasis of calm.
Urchfont offers credit card facilities so bookings can
be made between the hours of 11.00 & 16.00 on weekdays by calling 01380
840495.
Shaker chairs made at Urchfont
Frame made by Mr peter Atkins at Urchfont
Manor. Seat woven with diamond pattern by Mrs Rosemary Atkins
Ladder Back Chair Course
About the Tutor
The course tutor, Peter Hindle, has been making and using rotary planes for over twenty five years. He has been involved in adult
education and has been a craft teacher in schools and colleges for over thirty five years. He has demonstrated the techniques of making a
Shaker chair and run workshops at the Shaker Art of Craftsmanship Exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. This will be the 10th
year he has taken Shaker chair workshops in the USA and England.
For more information click here.
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