Alison Ospina is a professional chair maker and experienced teacher specializes in using locally coppiced hazel wood to design and make her own very individual chairs. She is passionate about her craft and enjoys passing on the "lore" to anybody wishing to learn.
"Everyone who makes a green wood chair puts something of themselves into it. There is no drawn plan, the chairs seem to grow of their own accord."
You can design and make a chair on a 3 day course or make stools and small tables on a 1 day course.
Faculty Information:
After a 3 day course students will have designed and made a full size arm chair to take home. On a 1 day course students will have designed and made a stool or small table to take home.
Other Activities:
All students will be provided with a light lunch and refreshments at the Green Wood Chairs studio.
Facility Information:
Purpose built timber workshop large enough to cater comfortably for 2 students. All equipment and materials supplied. Separate studio/gallery of finished chairs for sale with area for students to have lunch, rest, relax and warm up by the wood burning stove if necessary!
Member discount:
10% discount for InfoHub customer. Request a free gift certificate.
Notes:
When booking a course, a deposit of 50 Euro is required to confirm attendance. When vouchers are purchased, the full cost of the course is required and dates can be arranged subsequently.
Price Includes:
- All materials
- A light lunch and refreshments
Supplier Information
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Location: Ireland
Joined InfoHub: Oct 2007
Client Request Served: 65
We are a network of accomplished artists and craft workers, who run workshops and courses in our own specially adapted studios. We offer a wide choice of disciplines including ceramics; woodcarving; chair making; bronze casting; photography; painting; drawing and sculpture; children's art workshops, and others.
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