"Woodworking for Life" - Hand Tool Woodworking as a Therapeutic Activity.

Creating things with our hands is good for the body, mind and soul. It's good for the brain too.

In a former life, I was a Youth & Community Worker. So I love working with people, and have done a lot of work with those who are disadvantaged in some way.

Amid the many people I work with today, teaching traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques, there are a number of people who have Acquired Brain Injuries - mostly as a result of road trauma. Car and motorcycle crashes.
So we use woodworking as a therapeutic tool to help them rebuild their lives.

Dean Kennedy of Francisco Films here in Perth, Western Australia, recently crafted this beautiful little 4 minute video about this aspect of my work.

I invite you to view "Woodworking for Life".

Nathan was pretty happy with this lovely table he made!

March Workshops ... come and join the fun!!

At last, I have finally organised the March 2013 round of public workshops. The delay came about when I was unable to secure my normal venue, Earthwise in Subiaco. However I am happy to have secured an alternative venue - the PVI/CIA Workshop space in West Perth.

What a great line-up of workshops! The ever-popular favourites are there, including Carve a Wooden Spoon, Make a Kitchen Chopping Board, Making Cajon Drums (Parents and kids together), and Make Kitchen Spatulas & Salad Servers. In addition to these, there are a couple of new ones: Make a Small Picture Frame and Carve a WELCOME Sign will be fantastic opportunities to push your woodworking hand skills into new territory. Make a Traditional Wooden Stool is one of two workshops being run at times which may suit people while their kids are at school - an experiment in accessibility. For those wanting to discover the wonders of planes, there is The Plane Facts: Learn to choose, use and enjoy hand planes - an exciting opportunity to really become familiar with the array of traditional planes and to have a play with them! On the Saturday there will be a couple of Woodworking for Kids - two workshops specifically run for kids aged 6-12.

Come share with me in some wonderful adventures in traditional woodworking skills and techniques. Experience the joy of wood!!

Places are limited, so get in quick. Enquiries and bookings via email: adventure@wn.com.au
The two page info flyer is found below in jpg format:





Page 1 of the info flyer

Page 2 of the flyer.


Looking forward to sharing the Joy of Wood with you!
Regards,
Greg.