Come and visit the stunning Forest of Dean and learn eco building heritage craft skills with The Rewild Project team! Rewild yourself by building heritage craft skills.
This exciting workshop will showcase and give you a taster of the ancient heritage building process of wattle and daub.
During this 1 day course you will get the chance to learn not only the history, but the future of wattle and daub through hands on making. Together with the group you will construct a wattled frame and then begin to daub over the top of it!
This course is an ideal introduction into eco-building, where you can take home the skills you have learned and apply them to your personal projects at home, whether den building or a more involved larger project!
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 the site and The Rewild crew.
The workshop will start at 10:00am where you will explore the history of wattle and daub and how it is shaping the bright and viable future of eco-building.
With the guidance of Rosie, you and the other participants will used locally coppiced hazel to make a wattled fence ready to apply the daub mixture onto.
After a short comfort break, you will then start to create your daub mix and continue to wattle.
We will break for a simple lunch at 12:45pm. Bring & share pot luck, and bring some cash to make a contribution to our volunteer chefs.
After lunch you will begin to apply the daub onto the wattled fence.
At 4:00pm 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.
Our workshops our relaxed and inclusive and we aim to make sure everyone has a fantastic experience they will never forget.
Please note that this workshop will be run outside so make sure to wear weather appropriate clothing that you don’t mind getting mucky and sturdy shoes.
Spending time with your little people, learning new skills can be a wonderful experience. We love having a range of ages around and young people bring with them different ways of seeing the world, a different kind of creativity.
This crafts person is happy to welcome young people onto this workshop.
Under 8’s are free
8-13 require 1 child’s ticket per day.
Over 13’s require an adult ticket.
Your child remains your responsibility at all times, if the workshop leader deems your child to be a safety risk to the session, you may be asked to leave & this would be non refundable.
Please choose the correct half price rate.
About Rosie
After discovering her passion for heritage crafts during her degree, Rosie started to share her skills with others in her community.
Rosie has a strong interest in eco architecture and permaculture. She is particularly inspired by Cob building, Straw bale building, market gardening, composting and other land-based practices. She believes that these traditional crafts aren’t just fossils from the past but sparks for the future to ignite new ideas and an interest in traditional making practices.
For more of Rosie’s work check out her website here.
The Venue
This course is set at our off-grid permaculture allotment at Noxon Farm, near Bream. We have an outdoor kitchen, glass house and compost loo. All set over beautiful views of the fishing lake and our established forest garden, tree nursery and log cabin round house.
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.