Come and visit the stunning Forest of Dean and take a special hand carved piece of stone away with you that you can use in your own home!
Join The Rewild Project and Nomadic Stone and learn the skill of Stone Lettering using beautiful local stone. Perfect for creating a house name or number plaque.
The Workshop
On the day of the workshop we invite to you arrive half an hour early so you can grab a cup of something warm, and get to know Kensley Sheds and The Rewild crew.
The workshop will start at 10:30am where we will invite you to design your very own bespoke, plaque with the guidance of Nomadic Stone’s founder, Max, with an array of his favourite books for inspiration.
After a short comfort break and demonstration, you will then start to create your designs.
We will break for a nutritious vegan lunch, with ingredients grown from our permaculture allotment at 12:45pm . Our kitchen follows pay what you think it is worth principles.
After lunch you will continue to carve your stone sculpture with Max’s support. By the end of the day you will have achieved either a house name or number sign.
At 4:30pm we will end our workshop and invite you to provide us with any feedback you may have, so we can continue to develop our courses to continue to inspire you in the future.
Please note that this workshop will be run outside so make sure to wear weather appropriate clothing and sturdy shoes.
About Nomadic Stone
After doing his apprenticeship at Hereford Cathedral, Max Cotterill founded Nomadic Stone with the vision to create a traveling stone masonry workshop to help inspire and educate people in the artistry of this traditional craft.
Max has travelled across the UK and beyond show casing his skills and collecting multiple craftsmanship awards along the way!
The Venue
This course is set at our off-grid woodland craft centre, Kensley Sheds, right in the heart of the beautiful Forest of Dean, situated on the famous Sculpture Trail, close to the Stained Glass Window and Wildlife Trust reserve ‘Woorgreen Lake’
Kensley Sheds is the home of our Social Forestry Project ‘New Leaf’. Here, local adults who are struggling with social issues come learn & practice new skills. We follow regenerative woodland management practices, to extract and process wood from disused Forestry England coppiced woodland. Here the wood is turned it into functional items, firewood and charcoal, giving people access to new careers and a sense of real community.
Kensley sheds has running water, a flushing disabled access toilet, onsite parking and is heated by wood-burner. You will be able to peruse our extensive library of eco / craft / alternative living books throughout the day
Profits
The Rewild Project is a Not for Profit, Community Interest Company, and Social Enterprise. It is our mission to support local craftspeople and promote heritage craft skills. We Rewild People by teaching these skills of self reliance and resilience for an uncertain future.
After the craftspeople are paid, and costs are covered we put any profits back in to the community with our ‘weekday sessions for disadvantaged groups’ a lifeline for many local people who we pick up each day and bring to Kensley Sheds and others sites to build community, skills, and share nutritious hot, locally produced food.
Families & Children
You are welcome to bring well behaved children to any of our workshops, although we cannot guarantee you will have the same experience we will do our best to accomodate you all. Children aged 9-12 will need a half priced ticket (Use code CHILD50) and must be accompanied by a full paying adult at a 1:1 ratio, and children aged 13+ will need a full priced ticket in addition to full paying adult.