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Greenwood Crafts – A Comprehensive Guide

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Greenwood Crafts – A Comprehensive Guide Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: The Crowood Press Press
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Pages: 192 Illustrations and other contents: Halftones, color; Illustrations, unspecified ISBN: 9781847974204 Categories: , ,

Britain has a long and rich tradition of woodcrafts and what, since about the 1970s, have been called the ‘greenwood crafts’. Greenwood crafts use wood that contains sap and is easy to work with simple hand tools to produce beautiful and useful products.

•Discusses all you need to know to get started, including tools, workshops, sourcing wood, making some of your own devices and the characteristics of the various woods
•Covers a wide variety of turned and carved items for the house and garden, including kitchen treen and sports equipment
•Examines a wide range of greenwood chairs, describes how they are made and highlights the talent and creativity of a number of expert craftspeople in the field
•Examines a number of basket-making techniques involving a range of raw materials, form willow to oak via hazel and other hedgerow plants
•Considers a range of items for garden and agricultural use such as rustic furniture, wood store, shakes, shelters, fences and basic timber framing
•Explores the future of greenwood working, takes a look at some of the new ideas emerging from the sector and includes handy hints on running a greenwood business.

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Edward Mills carried out his first coppicing in Essex in 1981, and, ever since, his career has enabled him to carry out coppicing of woodlands in counties all over England. In 2003 Edward purchased his own coppice woodland in the Lake District and is an enthusiastic proponent of all things greenwood. In 2004 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. Rebecca Oaks set up her coppice business in 1994, specialising in hazel hurdle making and coppice products. The bread and butter money though, came from firewood in the winter and making twelve tonnes of charcoal through the summer. She is co-author with Edward Mills of Coppicing and Coppice Crafts and Greenwood Crafts, both published by Crowood.