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Natalie Fenwick of Carpenter Oak blogs about the peg (with Astrid Arnold)

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Made these corbels from oak today, ready for a man Made these corbels from oak today, ready for a mantle piece we are going to put up tomorrow...⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womanwoodworker #shebuilds #womeninwoodworking #handmade #womencarpenters #madeindevon⁠ #bespokecommissions #carpentryprojects
The handrail is in! Just making sure that I got th The handrail is in! Just making sure that I got the gap between the balusters right - has to be less than 100 mm according to building regs - and it worked!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #bespokecommissions #carpentryprojects⁠ #womanwoodworker #shebuilds #womeninwoodworking #handmade #womencarpenters #madeindevon
A spot of tiling in the bathroom! This is one of t A spot of tiling in the bathroom! This is one of the last jobs that I didn't finish last year before we moved in, so I thought it would be a good warm up in preparation for our DIY Painting and Tiling course this coming Thursday and Friday in Moretonhampstead. AND there is ONE MORE PLACE AVAILABLE due to a cancellation! But don't worry - we will give you an easier task to tile on the course, not such a wonky wall like in this bathroom!⁠ To book check the link in bio 👆🏼⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #fixandmaintainyourhome #diywomen #womenbuild #diyprojects #diytiling #diypainting #womenandmanualtrades #womeninconstruction #southwestengland
-- Women Build! Project --⁠ We did it! We finish -- Women Build! Project --⁠ We did it! We finished the mini log cabin for our Skills for Life Project in Primary Schools!⁠ The children will have the chance t assemble this log cabin my themselves and re-configure it to build different designs of their choice, as all the parts are interchangeable.⁠ ⁠ Everyone here is well chuffed with the result!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womenbuild #skillsforlife⁠ #womenscarpentryworkshop #carpentryskillsforwomen #makesomethingbeautiful #handmademovement #woodworking #workshoptime #handmade #womenincraft⁠
--Skills for Life Project--⁠ We have been fortun --Skills for Life Project--⁠ We have been fortunate enough to complete the first year of our Arts Council funded Skills for Life Project teaching practical skills in primary schools. ⁠ Today was our last session working with a year 6 group in one of our local schools.⁠ Hopefully we have given the children some useful skills to take with them into a new chapter of their lives, called secondary school!⁠ ⁠ We have an amazing bunch of local craftswomen working on the project:⁠ Annkatrin Hendry, project leader⁠ Alison Hastie of @green_shoes_uk⁠ Kate Lyons-Miller @kate_luonsmiller_design⁠ Jane Wesh, Basket maker⁠ Astrid Arnold, carpenter⁠ ⁠ We will start up again in September! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #skillsforlife #craftskills #practicalskills #heritagecrafts #workingwithschools #timberframe #carpentryskills #basketry #potteryskills #shoemaking #artscouncilengland #madeindevon
We are featured in the Mortice and Tenon, the maga We are featured in the Mortice and Tenon, the magazine of the Carpenters’ Fellowship! Inside is an article of our 2 week Timber Framing course for women which we ran in 2017. The course was so much fun - building part of the rather complicated timber frame for our house with 16 women and 4 female timber framing tutors! Now just need the right project to do it again!…. @carpentersfellowship #touchwoodsouthwest #shebuilds #timberframing #womancarpenter #womenandmanualtrades #carpentersfellowship
Proud woodworkers after our latest 2 day carpentry Proud woodworkers after our latest 2 day carpentry course. The are all smiling from ear to ear underneath those masks!⁠ ⁠ We are running this course again at the TouchWood South West workshop in Moretonhampstead in September and still have some places - don't miss it and book now if you'd like to join us then. Check out the link in the bio 👆🏼⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womenscarpentryworkshop #carpentryskillsforwomen #womencarpenters #diyprojects #makestuff #makesomethingbeautiful #handmademovement #woodworking #workshoptime #handmade #womenincraft
Such a beautiful surprise! The postman delivered a Such a beautiful surprise! The postman delivered a bunch of flowers to me very unexpectedly. On the card it read:⁠ "Dear Astrid, ⁠ thanks you for a fantastic workshop, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Also thanks for your help, patience, encouragement and sharing your skills and knowledge.⁠ Love from A and S"⁠ ⁠ This totally made my day 💖💖💖⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womenscarpentryworkshop #carpentryskillsforwomen #womencarpenters #diyprojects #makestuff #makesomethingbeautiful #handmademovement #woodworking #workshoptime #handmade #womenincraft
First dry fit of the alternate tread stairs! All t First dry fit of the alternate tread stairs! All the housings fit - we've been working to 0.5mm tolerances here....Looking good so far...!🤓⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #touchwoodsouthwest ⁠ #womanwoodworker #shebuilds #womeninwoodworking #handmade #womencarpenters #madeindevon
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