What’s included
The price to hire our venue for the day is £60
The following is included in the price
Outdoor workshop area
Patio or indoor area for teaching
Caravan Cafe
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Chopping blocks & drawhorse
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Extras
For a small additional cost we can provide the following
Gazebo rental
£10
We can have a shelter ready for you
Refreshments
£5
We can provide complementary refreshments for a donation of £5 per person
Basic tools rental
£40
We have a selection of wood carving tools available to use for rental for the day
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Venue details
Venue description
We are offering our home and gardens as a creative venue for wood carving (particularly spoon and bowl carving), life drawing and portraiture workshops. Our home, originally Fersfield village hall and primary school, has a large private back garden and off-road parking for up to three cars. Already used as a studio and venue for spoon carving workshops, the setting is on the edge of Fersfield, a sleepy village on the Norfolk-Suffolk border easily accessible from the A1066 Diss - Thetford road. The gardens contain mature trees and several out-buildings that are available for use including, a wood-fired Finnish sauna, spa (May-October) and Finnish cabin; there is also an outside composting toilet. The lawn also provides ample space to erect gazebos and a marquee if required. Situated in the garden, we have a caravan that has been converted for use as a cafe. It is equipped with electricity, running water, fridge, freezer, gas rings, two gas ovens and ample food preparation space. The caravan has safety tips to make it available to people with limited mobility. Inside the house there is a down stairs toilet with grab rails and a large front room with wooden flooring..
Our venue is available for hire by arrangement
Just contact us via email or make a booking online via Craft Courses
FAQs
1. Can I bring my dog or other pets? Guide or help dogs are welcome, however, please leave other pets at home, sorry.
2. Are there hazards I should be aware of? Our workshop is in a sleepy village in rural Norfolk, however, there can be fast moving farm vehicles in our lane, we also have an ornamental pond in our garden.
3. Is there parking available? There is space for 3 cars in our car park, other vehicles will need to be parked in the village lane.
4. I want to run a life drawing or photography course, is the garden private? The back garden overlooks fields and is surrounded by trees and dense shrubbery and is completely screened.
5. Where can I buy tools? You don’t need much equipment to carve spoons. All you need is a straight knife, a curved knife and a small axe. We recommend the following:
Straight carving knife: Opinel Carbone, No. 07 available from quality hardware stores is a very sharp and strong blade for the price
Curved knife to carve the bowl of the spoon: we recommend the Mora 163S vailable on Amazon
Hand axe : a standard small kindling splitting axe can be obtained from any quality harware store. A wooden haft is better than plastic or resin as plastic can get sweaty and slippery with prolonged use.
Starter kits (straight and curved knives): http://www.woodlandcraftsupplies.co.uk
Carving axe: The blade of a carving axe is honed to provide the best cutting tool for carving and the haft is optimally balanced to reduce fatigue during use. For quality and price for the beginner, the Robin Wood carving axe is hard to beat: https://wood-tools.co.uk/tools/the-robin-wood-axe