Comments on: At Barn The Spoon’s Green Wood Guild

By: Joan Bailey

Joan Bailey — Sun, 10 May 2015 08:38:56 +0000

Reading of Barn reminds me of my friend Glen Roberts bodger (and yurt maker) of Bolton, Lancashire. Although he combines modern materials techniques in yurt making, his bodging uses old techniques which he shares with schools and the community, through his work shops.
It is great that these ‘men of the wood’ continue to revive and ensure the survival of these old crafts. (Also both gentlemen sport fine beards!)

By: sPauline Taylor

sPauline Taylor — Fri, 01 May 2015 17:52:40 +0000

When my friends and I were growing up in the country we learnt all sorts of skills like this as they were passed on from one generation to the next, and it is so good to read that Barn the Spoon is still keeping up the tradition. It would be so sad if all of these things were to be forgotten as it is fun to learn and to practise what you have learnt even if it is only how to make a fearsome screeching sound with a blade of grass!! Well done Barn the Spoon and thanks GA for making us aware of it.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Fri, 01 May 2015 07:40:39 +0000

Lovely idea to have fun with creating and learning to work with the hands and the materials provided by nature – so much more satisfying than electronic games and pastimes. Valerie

By: Carol Himmelman-Christopher

Carol Himmelman-Christopher — Fri, 01 May 2015 07:32:23 +0000

So wonderful to see these ancient skills being kept alive! Very inspiring. Thank you!