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Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit

Robert Somerville

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Description:A joyful reminder of why nature, being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for the soul. Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living SimplyFor all our advances, it’s hard to deny the modern world brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement, but here in Barn Club they’ve found their cure.Barn the Spoon, master craftsman and author of SponNatural history meets traditional hand craft in this celebration of the elm tree and community spirit.Perfect for fans of Norwegian Wood and the Hidden Life of Trees.Barn Club calls on us to discover our landscapes more intimately and to explore the joys of making beautiful things by hand, together.When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved to Hertfordshire, in southern England, he discovered an unexpected landscape rich with wildlife and elm trees. Nestled within London's commuter belt, this wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to revive the ancient tradition of hand-raising barns.Barn Club follows the building of Carley Barn, over the course of one year. Volunteers from all walks of life joined Barn Club, inspired to learn this ancient skill of building elm barns by hand, at its own quiet pace and in the company of others, while using timber from the local woods.The tale of the elm tree in its landscape is central to Barn Club. Its natural history, historic importance and remarkable survival make for a fascinating story. This is a tale of forgotten trees, a local landscape and an ancient craft.This book features 16 pages of colour photographs, and black and white line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns feature throughout.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit. To get started finding Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 272

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.

Release: 2021

ISBN: 160358966X

Description: A joyful reminder of why nature, being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for the soul. Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living SimplyFor all our advances, it’s hard to deny the modern world brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement, but here in Barn Club they’ve found their cure.Barn the Spoon, master craftsman and author of SponNatural history meets traditional hand craft in this celebration of the elm tree and community spirit.Perfect for fans of Norwegian Wood and the Hidden Life of Trees.Barn Club calls on us to discover our landscapes more intimately and to explore the joys of making beautiful things by hand, together.When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved to Hertfordshire, in southern England, he discovered an unexpected landscape rich with wildlife and elm trees. Nestled within London's commuter belt, this wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to revive the ancient tradition of hand-raising barns.Barn Club follows the building of Carley Barn, over the course of one year. Volunteers from all walks of life joined Barn Club, inspired to learn this ancient skill of building elm barns by hand, at its own quiet pace and in the company of others, while using timber from the local woods.The tale of the elm tree in its landscape is central to Barn Club. Its natural history, historic importance and remarkable survival make for a fascinating story. This is a tale of forgotten trees, a local landscape and an ancient craft.This book features 16 pages of colour photographs, and black and white line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns feature throughout.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit. To get started finding Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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