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WHO

Anyone interested in learning new woodworking skills or improving existing ones.

WHAT

A day of practical, hands-on woodworking with our STEAMhouse technician

COST

£95 Inc VAT

DURATION

1 Day

Overview

In this practical one-day woodworking course, you’ll learn professional carving techniques and create your own beautiful dry flower vase. Discover the art of carving and take home a stunning vase that showcases your newfound skills.

About the course

Our expert instructor will guide you through the process of carving a dry flower vase from start to finish.

You’ll learn essential techniques for carving and shaping wood using traditional woodworking tools. Our hands-on approach ensures that you’ll leave the course with a solid understanding of how to create beautiful, functional objects from wood.

 

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn how to use traditional woodworking tools to carve and shape wood
  • Develop a solid understanding of the art of carving
  • Created your own dry flower vase using professional carving techniques
  • Acquired the skills and confidence to continue exploring woodworking

What you will learn

Upon course completion, you’ll know how to use traditional woodworking tools for wood carving and shaping.

 

You’ll understand how to prepare materials and tools for carving and skill up in a variety of hand-working techniques, enabling you to create and walk away with your very own bespoke vase.

Short course stories

It was really good for my mental wellbeing. For a day I didn’t think about anything, I was just focused on what I was doing. Plus I have something I can take home now which is a great memory.

Pinar Satilmis – Senior Programmer

It was a great day, the outcome was great. Our teacher was really helpful, he describe everything in such an easy way and we had every tool we needed. I’m really happy I joined.

Simon Woods – Producer / Writer / Director

We were shown the basics but allowed to do whatever we wanted creatively. I was allowed to explore my own interests and use my imagination, which made it really fun.

Tom James – Associate at Hollis – Chartered Building Surveyor

Meet your STEAMhouse trainer

Jan Waterson is our STEAMhouse technician specialising in woodworking and furniture design.

 

Jan Waterston’s studio was established in 2016 with the goal of exploring the junction between art, craft, and design, using traditional exploration of material and grounding through conceptual meaning to create objects that disrupt a space.

 

Jan offers speculative works, commission pieces, and furniture collections, all exclusively made to order from his UK based studio, with limited editions crafted to order. He has undertaken international collaborations with architects, interior designers, curators, and private collectors. www.janwaterston.co.uk

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