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1 Community treecycle Community Interest Company The Woodyard Gauldswell Wood Bamff Alyth PH11 8B T Tel clive@communitytreecycle.co.uk Facebook/scottishwoodlandskillscentre

2 Course programme for 2013 Course Title page An introduction to Green Woodworking 4 Green Woodworking a follow on course 4 An introduction to the Pole-Lathe 4 Pole-Lathe use for the adventurous 4 Make a Pole-Lathe 5 Make a Shave-Horse 5 Wood Carving 5 Wood selection for carving 6 Tool use, techniques and maintenance 6 Managing a Small Woodland 6 Practical Woodland Management 7 Introduction to Bushcraft 7 Introduction to Bee-Keeping 7 Charcoal making 8 Basic chainsaw use for the home user 8 Coppice Crafts day 1 8 Coppice Crafts day 2 9 Woodland skills Family days 9 Apple Days 9 Hedge-Laying 10 Make Bird Feeders and bird/bat boxes 10 Using wood to heat your home or business 10 Woodland Cooking 10 Building a Geodesic dome and other woodland shelters 11 Coracle making 11 Willow weaving and basket making 11 Making Christmas wreaths and natural tree decorations 12 Dry stone dyking 12 Make and fire ceramic work in a paper kiln 12 For all course dates see the online course programme calendar p.calendar.google.com&ctz=europe/london If you do not see the course date that suits you then please get in touch, all courses can also be run on additional dates (midweek or at weekends) for specific groups or families, or bespoke courses can be designed to suit group requirements or specialist needs. The majority of courses have a maximum capacity of 8 persons due to the restriction of available tools and workstations. Please get in contact if your group is larger than eight to discuss options. 2

3 Course Tutors Clive Bowman is the founder of Community treecycle. He is an experienced landscape professional (a qualified landscape architect), having working in the industry for over 20 years. He operates the day-to-day running of the woodland management, tree surgery and woodfuel aspects of Community treecycle. He is a skilled chainsaw user carrying out commissioned carvings for sculpture, furniture and natural play features. Dick Craig is a man of many talents. He has worked as a welder, tool maker, trapper, as well as run his own successful construction company. He is an experienced and accomplished wood worker and carver, preferring to work in green wood using traditional hand tools. Wendy Jackson is an experienced local bee keeper. Through her job at Claverhouse (social enterprise) she has hives all over Perthshire and Dundee. Jane Wilkinson is a renowned willow worker, now living locally in Alyth. Nancy Fuller Alyth based potter and clay sculptor Ron McGill experienced Alyth based dry stone waller Course location and Facilities All courses are run from the Community treecycle wood yard at Bamff, Alyth. This is a beautiful idyllic rural location with adequate car parking space for up to 10 cars. Toilet facilities are currently a portaloo, with plans to build a compost toilet during The courses will be mostly run outdoors, but we also have a comfortable indoor teaching/working space with a wood stove for those wet weather days. We have a gas stove for on site cooking and making teas and coffees, but we are off the grid so rely on a generator when we need electric power and water collection and storage. Mobile phone signals are weak apart from EE. Unless indicated other wise in the course details, you should bring with you a packed lunch and drinks (a flask of something warm during winter months). You should dress appropriately for our variable Scottish weather and outdoor working. The yard is located several hundred meters above sea level so is often a fee degrees colder than in the town. The yard is rarely muddy, but some courses will require visits to local woodlands, which often are, so suitable footwear is recommended. The site can be found by following the Bamff road north out of Alyth keeping the town square on your right and staying on this road, climbing the hill past the church, and heading out of town past the Den of Alyth on your left and Alyth Woods on your right. Stay on this road for 3 miles, ignoring the left turn to 3

4 Tullyfurgus, the right turn to the back of Alyth Hill and the left turn to Bridge of Cally. You will then see us clearly on the right side. 4

5 An introduction to Green Woodworking Course details You will learn the basic techniques of green woodwork using traditional tools such as a froe, an adze, a draw-knife, a shavehorse and a hand drill. You will make a simple three legged stool or other item of your choice to take away. All materials supplied. Green Woodworking a follow on course Course length 2 days, 10am to 5pm Cost 100 per person, deposit 50 Course details This course is ideally a follow on from the course An introduction to green woodworking. You will hone your skills and expand your range of tool use to make a simple greenwood chair, or other item of your choice. All materials will be provided. An introduction to the Pole-Lathe Course details You will cleave a log of green wood, shape it with a draw-knife on a shave-horse and then turn it on a pole-lathe. You should be able to make several simple objects such as a rolling pin, dibber and spurtle. Techniques and use of various lathe tools will be practiced. All materials will be provided. Pole-Lathe use for the adventurous Course details Ideally this is a follow on course from An introduction to the Pole-Lathe, or you will be an accomplished user of a pole lathe. You will hone your skills to make a bracelet, bowl or other item of your choice. All materials will be provided. Make a Pole-Lathe Tutor Course length Dick Craig 1 day, 9am to 4.30pm 5

6 Cost Course details 100 per person, deposit 50 (plus 40 per additional day) The pole-lathe is the traditional piece of equipment for turning green wood. It is very safe to use, makes no dust and no noise. You will be provided with all the materials you need and will make your own pole-lathe to take home. There should also be time to start to learn how to use it. On this course you will make a pole lathe that uses elastic cords rather than an ash pole, so that you will be able to disassemble it and take it home. You will need a fairly large car or a roof-rack to take your polelathe home. This course can be accomplished in one day if all materials are supplied already cut to approximate size. The course can be extended over 2 or even 3 days if you wish to make all parts yourself from cleaved wood. Make a Shave-Horse Tutor Course length Cost Course details Dick Craig 1 day, 9am to 5pm 100 per person, deposit 50 (plus 40 per additional day) A shave-horse is a simple but effective traditional tool to hold a piece of green wood while it is shaped with a draw-knife. You will be provided with all the materials you need and you will make your own traditional pattern shave-horse to take home. You will learn how to cleave green wood and shape it with a draw-knife. This course can be accomplished in one day if all materials are already cut to approximate size. The course can be extended over 2 or even 3 days if you wish to make all parts yourself from cleaved wood. Wood Carving Course length 1 day, 9am to 5pm Course details Learn to carve with the grain and shape wood using traditional woodcarving gouges chisels, adzes, drawknifes and spokeshaves. Find out how and where to source materials and tools, and the basics of how to care for your tools. You will transform a simple log into a sculpture, spoon or other item of your choice. All materials will be provided. Wood selection for carving 6

7 Course details This course will cover all types of commonly found wood in Scotland. It will include traditional and modern usages, selection criteria, how to spot and use interesting features such as unusual shapes, spalting and burs, as well as storage, seasoning and finishing techniques. You will have the opportunity to practice carving on a variety of wood types and take home a simple carving. All tools and materials will be provided. Tool use, techniques and maintenance Course details This course will cover the correct use and maintenance of all types of hand tools you are likely to need when carving and green woodworking. Do you know how to get a razor edge to your gouges or spoke shave? Can you correctly use an adze or a plane? You will have the opportunity to practice using a variety of off the shelf and bespoke wood working hand tools, and take home a simple carving. All tools and materials will be provided. Managing a Small Woodland Course details On this one day class room course we will briefly cover woodland management plans, new planting, grants, species choice, woodland history, climate and soil, woodland uses, pest and diseases, and costs and income. The course is suitable for people who have recently bought a small woodland or are thinking of buying one. We will take a walk in the local Bamff Estate woodland as an example to discuss ideas. Practical Woodland Management Course details This one day hands on practical course is a natural follow on from the Managing a Small Woodland Course. We will cover tools and techniques for tree planting and aftercare, thinning and harvesting. We will harvest some coppice hazel and look at its uses. We will visit an area of new planting and consider which trees 7

8 need to be marked as potential standards and how they can be improved by formative pruning and then prune them. Introduction to Bushcraft and Clive Bowman Course details You will practice the rudimentary skills of a woodsman, skills which can keep us warm, dry and provide food. We will look at various methods of fire lighting including fire by friction as well as setting up natural shelters and use of tarps. We will look at bush craft tool use and care and use a knife to make a simple set of cooking utensils. We will look at outdoors cooking techniques and you can cook your own lunch (bring sausages or similar) on an open fire. In the afternoon we will delve into the world of trapping, snaring and food preparation. Introduction to Bee-Keeping Tutor Wendy Jackson Course length 1 day, 10am to 4.00pm Cost 45 per person, deposit 20 Course details This course is aimed at people who are interested in taking up bee-keeping. We will look at all the basics of bee-keeping, hive construction and siting, managing bees, where to get bees and equipment, diseases, routine tasks and the importance of bees in the environment. The course will (weather depending) provide an opportunity to examine some working hives at the yard. Protective equipment will be supplied. Charcoal making Tutors Dick Craig and Clive Bowman Course length 1 day, 10am to 3pm Cost 45 per person, deposit 20 Course details Learn how to use a ring kiln to make charcoal. You will be able to help with most stages of the operation - loading a kiln, lighting it and shutting it down. We will discuss unloading and grading the charcoal. You will also help carry out a small-scale retort type charcoal production using an adapted gas canister to willow charcoal pencils. You will take home a bag of our home made BBQ charcoal and some charcoal pencils. 8

9 Basic chainsaw use for the home user Course length 1 day, 10am to 4.30pm Course details Chainsaws are very useful but can be extremely dangerous. There is no legal requirement to undergo training or the need of a certificate to buy a small chainsaw or use one on your own land. This simple course will however give the home user some basic knowledge and techniques that will make chainsaw use a lot safer. This course is run by an experienced local forestry worker and will cover the maintenance of a chainsaw including sharpening the chain, inspecting the bar and replacing wear and tear elements. It will cover techniques for cross-cutting logs and felling small diameter trees. If time allows we will look at how to make some simple chainsaw sculpture projects. You must bring your own working chainsaw and appropriate protective chainsaw clothing helmet, visor and ear defenders, gloves, chainsaw trousers and chainsaw boots (These can be hired for the day at an additional cost). Coppice Crafts day 1 Course length 1 day, 10am to 4.30pm Course details This course is run over two days, but can be attended separately or together. The Day 1 course will cover coppice work, selection and harvesting. You will also make a simple coppice product to take home with you. Coppice Crafts day 2 Course length 1 day, 10am to 4.30pm Course details This course is run over two days, but can be attended separately or together. The Day 2 course will cover the making of a range of coppice products such as a besom brooms, bean poles, walking sticks, hurdles and rakes. Woodland skills Family days Tutors Clive Bowman & Dick Craig Course length 1 day, 10am to 4.30pm Cost 50 per adult, 20 per child (min age 5yrs), deposit 10 9

10 Course details We will explore the local woods and learn about them and do some basic bushcraft and woodcraft. There will be games for the younger children and the chance to learn about the woodland, whilst older children will make bows and arrows and learn to light fires. Whilst the kids are busy, adults can have a go at carving or using the pole lathe. Everyone will be able to make some objects to take home using the natural materials of the woodland. We will provide a simple mid-day meal for everyone at the camp-fire. Apple Days Tutor Course length Cost Course details Clive Bowman Drop in, 10am to 4.30pm 8 per adult, 4 per child Gather up some apples from your garden, someone else s garden or crab apples from the hedgerow (windfalls are fine as long as they are not rotten) and bring them to the Scottish Woodland Skills Centre where you can put them through our crusher and press. All you need is the apples and some suitable clean containers with lids to take the juice away in. Please contact us to book a session to prevent you having to wait. You should be able to convert about 50kg of apples into juice in an hour. Hedge-Laying Course length 1 Day, 10am to 4.30pm Course details This is a practical on the job course to learn the basic techniques of hedge-laying. We will cover the theory and practice of this ancient art of creating a natural stock-proof hedge. All tools are provided. Make Bird Feeders and bird/bat boxes Course length 1 Day, 10am to 4pm Cost 40 per adult, 20 per child, deposit 10 Course details Make a selection of bird feeders and bird or bat houses for your garden or to give away as presents. You will also be able to make different patterns to attract different birds. You will use wood from local woodlands as well as larch boards, and will be able to make various designs. Tools and 10

11 tuition will be provided. You can also decorate your creations with natural materials. Using wood to heat your home or business Tutors Clive Bowman and Dick Craig Course length Half day, 10am to 12.30pm Cost 25 per person, deposit 10 Course details This short course will cover the basics of using wood to heat your home. Types of stove and boiler, flues and installation wood fuel types, wood moister levels and species, how to lay and light a fire, stove and chimney maintenance, costs and grants. Woodland Cooking Course length 1 Day, 10am to 4.30pm (lunch provided). Cost 60 per person, deposit 30 Course details This course will be a hands-on exploration of cooking outside. Try out different campfire cooking methods such as on an open fire, steaming, smoking and earth baking. Fashion a simple wooden plate and cooking utensil from green wood with a penknife. Cook your own lunch (food provided). Geodesic dome and other shelter building Course length 1 Day, 10am to 4.30pm Course details This course will be a hands-on shelter building course. We will mainly focus on making the materials and then building a geodesic dome. We will also look at other shelter ideas and techniques, from a simple tarp to a grass roofed tree house. Coracle making Tutor Jane Wilkinson Course length 1 Day, 10am to 5pm. Course details To be confirmed Willow weaving and basket making Tutor Jane Wilkinson 11

12 Course length Cost Course details 1 Day, 10am to 5pm. 56 per person (minimum of 4 people required to run course). deposit 25 A one day course which will introduce participants to methods for sorting, soaking and grading basketry willow. We will then weave a small willow bowl and wreath which you will finish by the end of the day. A basketry course for beginners and improvers Tutor Course length Cost Course details Jane Wilkinson 2 Days, 10am to 5pm. 56 per person per day (minimum of 4 people required to run course). deposit 25 This will involve making a basket such as a shopper with a handle or a small log/kindling basket. Participants will learn the different techniques involved in making a round basket and will apply them to their chosen project. There will be the chance to use some hedgerow materials up the sides of the basket for colour and textural effect. Making Christmas wreaths and natural tree decorations / Dick Craig Course length 1 Day, 10am to 4pm (Glühwein provided!) Course details Make traditional holly and hazel or woven willow wreaths, as well as a range of tree decorations from natural material such as willow baubles and shaved wooden flowers Dry Stone dyking Tutor Ron McGill Course length 1 Day, 10am to 4pm Course details Learn the traditional craft of dry stone walling Make and fire ceramic work in a paper kiln Tutor Nancy Fuller Course length 3 days (2hrs in the evening of day 1, 9.30am to 5pm day 2, to day 3) Cost 25 per person for day 1 and 50 per person for days 2 & 3 (each course requires a minimum of 5 people for each day to run) Course details A course which would span 3 days to make and fire ceramic 12

13 work in a paper kiln. The kiln itself is built over a willow frame using old magazines, newspapers and clay slip. Most of the fuel is contained within the kiln and it is built in location. The firing of the kiln takes approximately 4 hours. Clay items would need to be made at least a week in advance so that they can dry out and be bisque-fired. Suitable for all levels of clay experience. Children would need to be accompanied by an adult. I hold a PVG scheme certificate. Day 1: Clay workshop to create items to put in the paper kiln. Could also include willow climber demonstration if the basket maker prefers to make it as a demonstration. Day 2: Loading and making the paper kiln. Starting the fire & lunch. Firing the paper kiln. Day 3: Opening the kiln and tidying up. 13

14 Terms and conditions for courses Costs The accurate cost of each course is as shown on the online Google calander. This leaflet gives indicative costs. Payment All bookings will ask for a deposit either paid by cash, by cheque made out to Community treecycle CIC or by BACS transfer with the balance to be paid on arrival for the course. Bookings made by post must be accompanied by a cheque for the whole amount or for the deposit with the balance to be paid on arrival for the course. Cancellation Of Courses By the Scottish Woodland Skills Centre If there are not enough bookings for a course to be viable by 7 days before the course start date, then the Scottish Woodland Skills Centre will cancel the course and notify by or phone all those who have booked. All payments will be refunded immediately by cheque through the post. If the Scottish Woodland Skills Centre has to cancel a course at short notice due to the illness of the tutor or due to any other circumstances, then Woodland Skills Centre will contact all course members immediately by phone or and refund all payments. Cancellation Of A Booking If a booking is cancelled more than 21 days before the course date, then the Scottish Woodland Skills Centre will make a full refund by cheque through the post of all money paid. If a booking is cancelled less than 21 days before the course date, then the Scottish Woodland Skills Centre will retain the deposit and return any other money paid. If the cancelled booking is taken up by someone else, then Woodland Skills Centre will refund the deposit. Any cancellation of a booking must be made by or post. Limitation Of Liability The Scottish Woodland Skills Centre s liability, if a course has to be cancelled, is limited to whatever sum has been paid for the course fee as advertised and excludes any other expenses that may have been incurred. Booking by to clive@communitytreecycle.co.uk Booking by post to Community treecycle, Norwood, Losset Road, Alyth, PH11 8BT All other enquires: Tel or or The Scottish Woodland Skills Centre is part of Community treecycle, Community Interest Company, Reg. SC Community treecycle