I just wanted to let you know about a week of woodland courses in Silverdale this August. My wife organises it for a woodland charity called BHMAT. The week is called Woodland Pioneers and consists of 5 days of learning 6 new woodland and coppice-related crafts. I thought you may […]
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I’m offering some craft courses from home next year. Three different courses over nine different dates. You can come along and learn to make a phone case, a book cover or a belt. I’ll provide the leather, cake and lunch, you bring your book, phone and trousers! You can book […]
Read MoreI’ll be running a small workshop on the 23rd March this year to show you how to make a leather book cover, like the one above. You’ll learn to measure and cut veg-tanned cowhide, dye and oil the leather, and stitch all the pieces together by hand to make a […]
Read MoreLast month my wife treated me to a book binding course in Lancaster with Big Leaf Books. It was a great day learning the intricacies of cutting paper, stitching signatures and attaching them to the hard backed cover. I was pretty pleased with the end result: Now I’m keen to […]
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