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Saturday 09 August 2025

Make a unique leather belt from English vegetable tanned leather using various techniques and finishes with a choice of buckles.

Sunday 10 August 2025

Make a leather belt pouch from English vegetable tanned leather, for use in bushcraft, re-enactment, gardening or just walking the dog!

Thursday 04 September 2025

An introduction to the skill of flint knapping. You will go through the techniques and the aim of the day is for everyone to be able to go away and replicate what they have learnt.

Friday 14 November 2025

The course begins will a short introductory talk and handling session of replica tools and materials used in the Bronze Age. Students will prepare moulds and begin working the furnace to melt copper and tin. They will then cast their own replica early Bronze Age axe head, and can then begin cleaning and decorating their axe.

Satuday 06 - Sunday 07 September 2025

The course begins will a short introductory talk and handling session of replica tools and materials used in the Bronze Age. Students will prepare crucibles, crush copper ore and charcoal before working the bellows to produce a lump of pure copper. On the second day students will prepare moulds and begin working the furnace to melt copper and tin. They will then cast their own replica early Bronze Age axe head, and they can then begin cleaning and decorating their axe.

Thursday 13 November 2025

Sunday 16 November 2025

On the workshop you will learn how to prepare your own mould, work the leather bellows on the charcoal fuelled furnace. You will then cast the liquid metal into your mould to produce a replica Bronze Age dagger blade to take home at the end of the day. You will then be given Bronze Age filing and cleaning tools to begin working on your blade. Advice will also be given on how to fit a wooden handle to your dagger blade at home.

Friday 05 September 2025

Saturday 15 November 2025

Workshop students will prepare their own mould, before working the leather bellows on the charcoal fuelled furnace to melt copper and tin. They will then cast the liquid metal into their prepared moulds to produce a replica bronze age sword to take home at the end of the day. Students can then begin filing off the casting flash and start cleaning the surfaces of the sword.

Monday 13 October 2025

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Ideal for beginners to the world of jewellery. You will learn how to design and create two to three textured silver stacking rings. Fabricated from scratch, you will learn how to correctly size, make and polish rings that are unique to you, and will last a lifetime!