2024 WOODFEST | Coopering | Wooden Bucket making with the Illawarra Woodwork School

Coopering  | The Art of Wooden Bucketmaking

The craft of joining wooden staves to create a vessel, was an integral skill in many cultures worldwide; from Japan to Ireland, every meal had a food or drink that had at some point been stored in a coopered vessel. The skill and product is still relevant today. This course will cover the regional styles and techniques of coopering from around the world. Students will each make a wooden bucket using hand tools: froe, draw knife, hollowing knife, compass, and cooper’s joiner plane. Connect to history and partake in the rebirth of an ancient craft.

* Students over 14 years

* Wear enclosed shoes

* Lunch break 1—2pm