Autumn/Winter Courses 2012

Course#1/12
Moonan Workshop May 21st - 30th inclusive (10 days)

Course#2/12
Moonan Workshop June 20th- 29th inclusive (10 days)

10 day Country Experience
Late April, 2012
Make a Windsor Chair in a restored shearing shed at Molong (between Wellington and Orange)
Local farmstay accommodation available.
Please email me for details.

10 day course in South Gippsland, Victoria
October, 2012
Make a Windsor Chair in a beautiful part of the world.
Please email me for details

DEMONSTRATIONS

Artisan's Retreat Show
at Tinonee (near Taree) February, Friday 24th - Sunday am 26th, 2012
http://www.artisansretreat.com

Sydney Working with Wood Show
June 15—17th, 2012
Entertainment Quarter
Moore Park, Sydney

Canberra Working with Wood Show
Exhibition park, Canberra (dates TBA)

Testimonial from a happy chairmaker
"In 2008 several Meeniyan folk enticed Howard Archbold to come and teach a course in Windsor chair making as it was done traditionally in the past. Meeniyan is in the heart of South Gippsland - beautiful country which has attracted a significant art community. There are several excellent galleries showing high quality work, lots of excellent eateries, fine wineries and superb accommodation http://www.promaccom.com.au/accommodation.htm
Apart from the environment, this course is a wonderful experience - no power tools, just the sound of tools as they were designed by the original Windsor chair-makers, chipping and scraping away on newly hewn tree stumps and the rhythmic movement of the pole lathes. It is easy to forget that we can create with our hands, our eyes and our minds. It is, in fact, a truly empowering experience. And, of course, the participants all communicate, help one another, laugh
a lot and exercise muscles almost as forgotten as the craft of chair making itself.
We all made something different - a milking stool, a double bow Windsor chair, a Welsh stick chair. All
were amazed at what we had achieved, and delighted with what we had learned under the expert tutelage
of Howard, who never lets an opportunity for fun pass him by.
This is something unforgettable, inspiring and enormously enjoyable."
Meg Viney
Fibre Artist

Hi fellow chairmakers
Check out this link- the film clip was made by ABC Local Radio, Newcastle in May this year.

Cheers, Howard.