Tools & Crafts

What you will find...

The Bushcraft Show offers an amazing selection of crafts activities and demonstrations, and a wide array of sharp tools!

Wood Carving
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Wood Carving
Come along and watch expert carvers such as JoJo Wood and Giles Newman transform wood into beautiful and functional objects using nothing but some simple, sharp, tools. There will be opportunities to get hands-on and learn how to carve your own spoons, tent pegs, and more.
Leatherwork
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Leatherwork
Learn traditional leatherworking methods for making beautiful and practical objects at this year’s Bushcraft Show. A number of expert leatherworkers such as Lois Orford and Sonni (Beneath the Stars) will be offering demonstrations, and The Identity Store will be selling everything you could ever need to get started!
Green Woodworking
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Green Woodworking
Watch seriously talented green-woodworkers demonstrate skills ranging from axing out a spoon blanks, to bow making, to turning bowls on a traditional pole lathe. The Bushcraft Show offers a fantastic opportunity to hone both your tools and your skills.
Basketry
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Basketry
Learn how to make beautiful and functional baskets out of natural materials. The skills on display can be applied to everything from baskets, to fish traps to coracles.
Blacksmithing and Metalworking
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Blacksmithing and Metalworking
Watch as skilled blacksmiths transform steel bar into intricate objects and bronze-casters pour molten metal into simple moulds to produce beautiful tools and ornaments. As well as a number of free demonstrations, there is the opportunity to have a go yourself. See ‘specialist instruction’ for further details.
Tool Sharpening
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Tool Sharpening
Discover the techniques for keeping your tools razor sharp and in tip-top shape. Over the weekend there will be expert demonstrations of different sharpening methods, covering knives, axes and more unusual tools like spoon hooks.
Safe Tool Use
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Safe Tool Use
Become competent in the skills and techniques for safe tool use. Over the course of the weekend, there will be a number of demonstrations covering both basic and more advanced usage of common tools such as knives, axes and saws. Learn how to choose the right tool for the job, how to handle it safely, and how to use it effectively.

An amazing selection of crafts activities and demonstrations

What you will find...

Wood Carving

Wood Carving

Leatherwork

Leatherwork

Green Woodworking

Green Woodworking

Basketry

Basketry

Blacksmithing and Metalworking

Blacksmithing and Metalworking

Tool Sharpening

Tool Sharpening

Safe Tool Use

Safe Tool Use

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