Tutor: Tom Dillon

Spend a day investigating and making a range of coppice products – stakes, binders, wattle hurdles, panels, rustic furniture – from small diameter hazel using traditional hand-tools and techniques.

 You will learn:

How to dress-out and grade rods for different purposes with a saw and billhook

How to safely put a point on a stick

How to stack, tie & transport coppice bundles

How to split and weave with hazel

How to use hazel for building simple structures & furniture