Wisdom Through Wood
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View the experience

Visit Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania, and see the type of experience you could have on a course.

See a log become a leg

Here Alex demonstrates a green woodworking process called log-to-leg.

Visit a chair making course

Three beginning green woodworkers create three very different pieces— a Windsor Chair, a Jimmy Possum Chair and a Ladder Back Rocking Chair. 

Look inside a tiny house

This project shows what you could achieve following a Bush Building Skills course.

Watch a green wood house grow

The main house at Wisdom Through Wood was constructed mostly from wood in the surrounding forest. Here you can see the construction process.

Join Rolph as he makes a chair

A complete novice, Rolph designs and builds a Windsor chair using only hand tools and green wood.

Enter the bush, leave with a lathe

For a special school project Barnery came to Wisdom Through Wood, built a pole lathe and then used it to produce a green wood stool.

Join me as I visit Rare Chairs

Come with me on a 11-day chair making experience at Rare chairs with instructor Howard Archbold. 

Listen to a chair makers journey

He came from a distant land, treading gently upon the earth. He crafted by hand a chair from a tree. He left as quietly as he arrived leaving behind his chair and a poem. I invite you to read or listen to this chair maker's journey at Wisdom Through Wood.

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  • Home
    • View the experience
    • About
    • Green woodworking
    • Why wisdom?
    • Testimonials
    • Accommodation
  • Courses
  • Other services
  • Dates & bookings
  • Gallery
    • Photo album
    • Green woodworking videos
    • Articles
  • Contact