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Full-Day Group Green Woodworking Experience at the Haddenham Arts Centre - July 2025

  • Writer: siloutaggart
    siloutaggart
  • Jul 12
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jul 28

Despite the soaring temperatures, today's green woodworking experience taught by Simon at the Haddenham Arts Centre was great fun.

We set up in the gardens with gazebos for shade, and each student enjoyed embracing the craft of green woodworking and learning techniques for using an axe and axe block, a draw knife and shave horse (this is my favourite - so therapeutic to sit there and peel away curly shavings of wood!), and the pole lathe and gouges to create something from a log of green wood without the use of power tools.

After their welcome teas, coffees & biscuits in the café, Simon started the session with an introduction and explanation about Blended Monkey and what we do. He then went on to demonstrate each of the stations, and explained the necessary health & safety tips associated with each tool.


Everyone got the chance to practice at each of the stations in the morning. After lunch, the afternoon was spent with everyone making something of their choice using the three disciplines of roughing down with an axe, getting the wood more rounded using the draw knife and then adding shapes (bead and coves) at the pole lathe.


We're pleased everyone enjoyed their beginner's green woodworking experience.


If you missed the chance to book on today's workshop, here are the dates for our next green woodworking & spoon carving experiences in our Blended Monkey Studios & at other venues:


- Full-day relaxing spoon carving workshop - Blended Monkey Studios - 27 July


- Full-day relaxing spoon carving workshop - Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey - 10 August


- Full-day green woodworking/pole lathe experience - Blended Monkey Studios - 17 August



For more info about all our other wonderful guest tutor group workshops, visit our website https://www.blendedmonkey.co.uk/category/group-workshops


Our experiences make ideal CRAFTY GIFTs & we can post or email you a complimentary personalised voucher if you'd like to make any of our experiences a present for somebody.



A great day of green woodworking



Green Woodworking Experience at the Haddenham Arts Centre

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“I had a lovely day today on a Green Woodworking Experience day at the Haddenham Arts Centre, with great instruction from Simon and support from Louise.

It was a hot sunny day, but we had an idillic spot, well shaded under trees and gazebos, and it felt perfect.

I will certainly be looking at the future events and courses list. It was a fantastic way to spend a day.”

Thank you very much Simon & Louise."


- Colin -










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