26 MARCH - 03 APRIL
2025
green woodworking course
WITH PETER LANYON
Furniture-making techniques with steam bending
In this comprehensive course on making green wood furniture, you'll learn all the basic techniques of working with green wood freely and building two stools by hand!
Free Form refers to a style of woodworking that uses irregular and curved pieces of wood. You’ll follow your design, guided by Peter Lanyon.
Over eight days, including a rest day immersed in nature, you'll learn the basics of green woodworking techniques by building two different stools with freshly cut round wood. You will be encouraged to add unique shapes to your pieces by exploring steam bending. You'll also learn how to handle, sharpen, and care for your tools to continue your creative journey at home.
This course is perfect for beginners eager to work with wood in direct contact with nature and for professionals and enthusiasts looking to deepen and refresh their skills. At the end, you'll take home two new pieces of furniture made by hand!
This course will give you:
Two beautifully unique crafted stools, designed and made by you;
Practical and specialized knowledge of basic techniques for working with green wood;
Hands-On experience: build two stools using two different techniques (slab & stick and post & rung), plus steam bending.
Sharpened tools - Well-sharpened and careful tools are fundamental to the success of our work, so you’ll learn how to sharpen and maintain your tools.
Additional Information
Previous Experience: This course doesn’t require any previous experience. However, if you have prior experience with green wood, this course is perfect for refining and enhancing your skills.
Sharpening tools: If you have some good old chisels at home that you want to bring back to life, just bring them with you! We can also advise you on a simple sharpening kit to keep your tools forever sharp. Get in touch with us to know more.
Travel Considerations: Please note that the woven stool to build cannot be disassembled. If you are traveling from abroad, contact us to discuss options for transporting your stool!
Peter Lanyon
His work brings together the skills, tools and technology of the fine furniture maker, and fuses this with ancient ‘bodging’ traditions of working unseasoned timber, where nothing is straight, or predictable. He likes to combine green (unseasoned) wood with modern materials and furniture techniques to bring something fresh and new to the world of bespoke furniture.
He works mainly with locally copped wood and fallen trees. His philosophy is one of minimum intervention - imposing as little as possible on the materials, leaving the gentle curves as nature intended.
Luckily one of his passions is teaching!
Know more here.
GREEN WOODWORKING course details
SCHEDULE:
March 26th:
3 pm: Accommodation and check-in of participants
5 pm: Reception at the Atelier and presentation of the group and trainers;
7:30 pm: Welcome dinner at Casa das Artes
March 27th to April 3rd:
course from 10 am to 6 pm, with a two-hour lunch break
April 4th:
Until 11 am: check-out from accommodation
PROGRAM:
March 26th: Reception at the studio. Introduction and presentation of the group and trainers; Practical exercises.
March 27th to 29th: Introduction to Steam Bending: Make your green wood stool (slab and stick construction, wooden seat).
March 30th: Free day to rest.
March 31st to April 3rd: An introduction to sharpening tools; build your green wood stool (post-and-rung technique, woven seat).
Request the full program by email to artsandcrafts@cerdeirahomeforcreativity.com
CONDITIONS
Deadline for enrollment: January 26th, 2025.
Special discount for members of our community available for early bird registrations by 14/10/2024.
THE COURSE FEE INCLUDES:
Integration in a small group of participants;
Training 5-6 hours a day, speaking in English and Portuguese;
Lunch during the course*;
Free accommodation at the hostel during the course (9 nights)**;
All the materials needed for the course;
Welcome dinner on the first day of the course;
*Except on March 30th (free day);
**The hostel is equipped with two dormitories (female/masculine), a kitchen, and two shared bathrooms. The booking includes towels and linen.
ACCOMMODATION UPGRADES AVAILABLE:
Upgrade to 9 nights in a standard schist house shared by 2 participants and breakfast at an additional cost of 630€/per participant. Includes shared room, equipped kitchen, towels, and bed linen.
Upgrade to 9 nights in a standard schist house for single occupancy by 1 participant and breakfast, at an additional cost of 900€/per participant. This includes a single room, equipped kitchen, towels, and bed linen.
Please note that all accommodation options have limited availability and will be booked according to the order of registration and payment. This rate is not cumulative with other discounts or promotions. For more information, contact artsandcrafts@cerdeirahomeforcreativity.com.
ENROLLMENTS AND MORE INFO:
artsandcrafts@cerdeirahomeforcreativity.com
+351 913 989 281*
*(call to national mobile network)
CANCELLATION POLICY FOR COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
You may withdraw within 14 days of registration, paying the correspondent transfer fees. Following the EU consumer protection legislation, payments are not refunded past 14 days of registration. The payment will be fully reimbursed if the training cannot be held because of insufficient students.
Suppose the training is canceled by Cerdeira - Home For Creativity for reasons of significant force such as a pandemic, civil disorder, a natural catastrophe, medical or family issues of the teacher, and others beyond our control. In that case, Cerdeira will offer a voucher for a different workshop of your choice. The voucher is valid for two years.
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