London Green Wood | Stool making at Abney Cemetery N16

Make a frame stool with a woven seat. Working with locally sourced green wood you will create a beautiful post and rung frame stool over three days. Post and rung construction is a traditional way of making furniture. This method uses the properties of green wood to make strong joints without using glue.

You will create your own beautiful and functional piece of furniture straight from a log using traditional methods of shaping the wood and more modern methods of cutting tenons and drilling mortices.

The first two days of the course you will be creating all the components of…

Things to remember

We can’t change or cancel your booking within 14 days of the course start date. If the course is undersubscribed we reserve the right to cancel it giving as much notice as we can.

We have no indoor space and will be working outside in all weathers (under a…

Sam - 8 April 2026

Had a great time on the stool making course. Graham and Ed were really helpful and knowledgeable. Can’t wait to make another!

Maxwell - 8 April 2026

I went from being a complete novice who had never done any woodwork before, to having a lovely footstool, complete with woven top, after just 4 days. Not only did I learn a whole host of brand new skills, but the teaching was great and the group all round lovely. Highly recommend.

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