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South West Craftspeople

 

John Bowden - mobile sawmilling service. 01237 474887 or 07971694720. Bideford.

Dave Budd - toolsmith and knife-maker.   www.davebudd.com

Alf Doody - blacksmith.  Barnstaple. 01271 323277.

Z Gertner - woodcarver, woodcarving courses.  North-west Devon.  www.zoegertner.co.uk

Brigitte Graham - cane and rush seating. Courses in both.  East Devon.  www.canecorner.co.uk

Gavin Graham - wheelwright. East Devon.  brigitte@canecorner.fsnet.co.uk .

Carol Horsington - basketry, bentwood furniture and country craft. Courses in basket-making, willow cultivation and willow garden features. North Cornwall. www.cornishwillow.co.uk

Tim Hutton - yurts and camera obscura. North Cornwall.  www.yurtworks.co.uk

JPR Environmental - living willow supplies for landscaping and use in the garden. Gloucestershire.  www.jprwillow.co.uk

Gordon Koffman - charcoal burner. North Devon. 07733110865.

Ben May - horse logging and charcoal burning. North Devon.  www.forestcrafts.co.uk

David Taylor (see Carol Horsington).

Steve Tomlin - spoon carver, bowl turner. North Devon 07910010969.

Marcus Tribe - woodsman.  North Devon.

Dave Roderick - bushcraft and wilderness skills and training.  North-west Devon.  www.wildpath.co.uk

Jan and Jerry Sharpe - Cob and Lime building/repair/materials/courses. Mid-Devon.  www.jjsharpe.co.uk

Frank and Lyn Wells - sawmillers and kiln driers of native timbers. makers of chairs, trugs and garden treen. North Cornwall. www.caradoncountryseat.cabanova.co.uk

 

Coppice, Greenwood, Organic/Sustainable Organisations Countrywide

 

South West Forest - www.southwestforest.org.uk - service helping to establish new woodland and support farm businesses and rural incomes.

Green Wood Centre - www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk - green-woodworking courses in Shropshire.

Yarner Trust - www.yarnertrust.co.uk - running courses in sustainable and creative living in North Devon.

APLT (Association of Pole-lathe Turners) - www.bodgers.org.uk - national network of pole lathe turners with local groups.

BHMAT (Bill Hogarth Memorial Apprenticeship Trust) - www.coppiceapprentice.org.uk - nationwide apprenticeship opportunities.

Wwoof (Willing Workers On Organic Farms/World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) - www.wwoof.org - international organisation dedicated to

 helping those who would like to volunteer on organic farms.

Soil Association - www.soilassociation.org  - environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health.

 

 

Other coppice/greenwood craftspeople in Britain

 

If you do not live in the South West we would encourage you to seek out a more local craftsperson.  Here are just a few:

 

Dave Jackson and others - coppice craftsmen, woodland owners, managers, conservationists and green woodworkers all committed to the restoration of coppice woodlands in the Malvern Hills area. Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire.  www.malvernhillscoppicenetwork.org.uk

Gudrun Leitz - greenwood courses, commissioned sculptural free-form furniture.  Herefordshire.  www.greenwoodwork.co.uk

Tim Gatfield - variety of greenwood courses.  Nr Bath.  www.cherrywoodproject.co.uk

Mike Abbot - green wood courses, demonstrations, talks, produce and books.  Herefordshire.  www.living-wood.co.uk

Maurice Pyle - from practical woodland management to firewood, charcoal, hand-made products.  North-east England.  www.mpwoodsmith.co.uk

Ian Taylor - offering a variety of quality products from neglected coppice woodland.  Cumbria.  www.lakelandcoppiceproducts.co.uk

Owen Jones - traditional oak swill basket maker.  Cumbria.  01229 885664.

 

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