Whittling workshop - Birds in Wood with Dave Harter, a 'Quirky Workshop' nr Derwentwater, Ullswater & the Lake District

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Contact

Organizer: Quirky Workshops Art, Craft and Heritage Skill Courses

Name: Greystoke Craft Garden and Barns

Phone: 017684 83984

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.quirkyworkshops.co.uk/stone-and-wood-workshops/whittling

Address

Greystoke
Penrith
CA11 0UT

Price Notes

All-day courses include tasty homemade lunch, fresh coffee & Aga cream teas. There will be a materials charge of £15-20 to cover the cost of the specialist wood payable on the day to Dave depending on what you use.

Direction

Just 8 mins west of M6 J40, off the A66 towards Keswick.

Details

Whittling is addictive once started, therapeutic from being relaxing, absorbing, and creative & richly rewarding in a sense of personal achievement. It has a small and low tech kit list: a lump of wood, a craft knife and your lap. This means whittling can be done almost anywhere when spare time is available and it is also easily transportable. During this course Dave will teach you traditional hand carving, whittling skills, using craft knives and other specialist hand tools provided to enable you to complete your carved bird, which can be attached to a display base if you wish.

Welcome drinks: fresh coffee & home-made biscuits; a lovely 2 course Aga lunch served on individual trays at your desks or outside on the Tea Lawn if it's warm enough. To finish off the day, a freshly made Cream Tea (including Aga-baked scones, cream and jam). Our days are considered special treats; many come back time and time again and often combine it with a short break to the Lake District. We have been hosting and organising 'Quirky Workshops' since 2005, from what was the original C2C Greystoke Cycle Café situated on the northern fringes of the Lake District. It was with great sadness that the Cycle Café was closed to the public in 2018; we since have become ‘Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns’. All our tutors are carefully hand selected professional experts and many are considered as national leaders in their field. Tools will be provided, but may be purchased after the course if you find you're bitten by the carving bug. It is recommended that you bring an apron. There will be a materials charge of £15-20 to cover the cost of the specialist wood payable on the day to Dave depending on what you use.

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