Yurt Building

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It will be a six day course spread over three weekends. The aim of the course is for each person to complete their own wheel and perhaps even finish their own yurt*.

It covers all processes and each component is looked at and worked on in detail.

 

You do not need any previous woody experience or specialist woodworking skills to make your own yurt successfully. We have found that the group support that you get on these courses even after the course has finished really makes it an achievable and enjoyable project whatever level of skill you may start with.

Even though it is over six days it is a very practical, hands on course which is why, with only six people, we ensure that everyone receives a high level of personal and professional instruction.

The course will cover:

Yurt history, styles and design
Woodland walk & selection of wood & other materials
Use of hand tools and shaping components
Wood steaming and wheel making
Finishing and final assembly of components
Cover design and options.
You will make your own fully spoked and morticed wheel and make a start on the rest of the components . There will be an opportunity to see a slide show of visits made to Mongolia and the Kyrgyz republic and optional video screenings of dvds featuring yurts and gers.

One of the aims of the course is to teach people how to source their own wood so they know what to look for when harvesting for themselves or buying from a coppice worker.

Course starts at 9.30 each day and ends at 5 pm

Accomodation: camping or local B and B

Number of people: six

Location: St. Breward, Cornwall , PL304LP. The workshop is situated on the edge of Bodmin Moor with views across North Cornwall towards the sea.

Cost: £420 per person for six days, includes homemade lunch and refreshments but not materials .

The wood for the wheel lathes needs to be very high quality and consequently we supply that on the course @£25 per wheel .

Yurtworks is one of the longest running yurt making businesses in the UK. Our courses are one of very few run by a professional yurt maker.Tim Hutton has been making yurts for over 12 years and visited yurt makers in the Kyrgyz republic in 1999 and Mongolia in 2004 and 2005 .

Booking:

To register on the course contact us by phone or email . 01208850670 or, timhutton@yurtworks.co.uk
To secure your place a 50% advance payment is payable, with the balance payable one month before the course starts.

* It's best seen as a winter project rather than something that you achieve in six days. You will need to have time at home to do some work on it between sessions. The course aims to give you the confidence and know how to complete what you cannot do during the supervised sessions.