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Last updated April 2008 |
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David Charlesworth at
The Hand Tools Event
David will be demonstrating with Garrett Hack, Deneb
Pulchalski, John Lloyd, James Mursell, Phil Edwards,
Mike Hudson and others at the:
Woodworking Hand Tool Event
West Dean College, Sussex
31st May & 1st June 2008
Organised by Classic Hand Tools (see www.classichandtools.co.uk
for details)
David will be present on Sunday June 1st and you will
have the opportunity to book onto one of his week long
courses this summer.... or if you really want to master
the skills there may even be a place on his three month
course that starts in September.
Come along, it should be a great weekend!
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The new short course dates are now
available on the short course
page. These
will be for weeks from January 21st to August 15th. |
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Summer courses
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The nine weeks of summer courses are now over and
students are now entering a new world of skills. It is
very good to see people for the second or third time or
even fourth time with some demanding a new course so
they can continue their summer Hartland experience. The
students had the huge benefit of two excellent
assistants, Bob Chapman and Richard Bailey who lent
their time and expertise.
One of the new students from Holland, Geert Van Donk
arrived with a first, all three of David's books
beautifully bound into one volume. He had been on a book
binding course and had asked the tutor to bind it for
him. David was very pleased to see and sign the book.
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Visitors to the workshop
We had two Japanese visitors earlier this year one of
whom Ryohei Miyamato, runs a furniture making school in
Nagoya. He was very interested in the workshop as he had
used the plan which was in David's first book when he set
up his own workshop. The school opens for three days a
week over the weekend to allow for Japan's work ethic,
and on the other days Ryohei does this own excellent
work. He had brought with him photographs of pieces he
had made, which were very impressive. We were very
pleased to hear that he had contacted Kaori Hirama, one
of our ex students who now runs a teaching workshop in
Osaka. [the one who made the miniature bench to take home
with her] Ryohei was driven down here by his friend Takao
Mashimoto, who lives in London and works for Japan
Railways.
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At the Cheltenham Exhibition of Furniture in August we
again met several former students and it was interesting
to catch up with their news. We were visited the next day
by Sergej Kirilov and Alex Hemme from Holland. Alex runs the
best high quality hand tool wood working shop in
Arnhem, Holland . He also stocks all
David's DVDs and books and has a nearly full size poster
of David in the window! www.baptist.nl
Sergei is learning the
techniques of applying Japanese lacquer finishes or
Urushi and had brought several samples for us to see. We
saw at Cheltenham a small side table covered with
fragmented ostrich shell and he is also experimenting
using shagreen. Sergej also makes and restores fine
furniture and is one of Holland's top craftsmen.
www.intarsio.nl
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Other News
Malcolm Vaughan and Terry Sawle, two good friends of
ours, have decided to retire from large scale making and
their business has been bought by Matthew Craze and James
Yeo , trading as 2Detail.Ltd. They will still be offering
to manufacture copies of David's bench design for sale
.01237477181
Wood Glorious Wood, the bench rental business in
Hartland has now closed but James Morley and Alan
Pennington are still making under the name of James
Morley Furniture. Their showroom now also contains work
from the members of HAM, Hartland Artists and Makers so
is well worth a visit.
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