Come along to a Bowl turning on a Foot Powered Lathe Workshop with tutor Dee at CELT’s Weekend in the Hills at Slieve Aughty Centre.

Dee our tutor, invites you to come and play with hand tools and foot lathes. Turn a bowl with the power of your own body and discover old ways and future ways. Our history as a species is bound up with our environment. A most direct way to understand our place within nature is to embrace the direct adaptive skills that we as humans are evolutionarily geared towards. Come play with the woods. Learn old skills and feel the rhythms of the land as we feel the rhythms of crafting on a foot powered Lathe. Let’s become part of the archaeology of a place again. Carving wood and chatting and learning from one another. Each telling our stories and adding to each other’s and to the story of the lands we play in.

Come and learn how wood works, how we work with wood, and how the woods work with us.

This is a full mind and body experience. It can be physical and challenging but very satisfying. The most important thing is to enjoy your experience and take things at your own pace.

What is the extra cost for material?
This is usually in the range of 10-30 euros. You can pay this direct to the tutor.

What is included in this workshop?
Organic wholesome lunch included on both days. Coffee and tea station in Camping kitchen.