courses:

The Cherry Wood Project

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hurdle making

hurdle making

hurdle making

Hurdle Making

A weekend of practical hurdle making. Learn the art of selecting, riving and weaving coppiced hazel rods to produce strong, light fence-panels with a range of uses. Take home your own fence-panel at the end of the course.

Tutor: Hannah Ehrert

Skills:

  • Introduction to coppicing
  • Selection of hurdle material
  • Safe use of green woodwork tools (Saws, bill hook, etc.)
  • Riving hazel
  • Making a hazel hurdle

Project:

  • Build your own hazel hurdle.

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