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At Careys we aim to promote and preserve traditional knowledge and skills through our on-going selection of courses and workshops.Courses proposed for 2008 include: wood carving, dry-stone and lime mortar walling, ecology and tree-planting, coppersmithing, ti-pi making, wool spinning and weaving and bog ecology.
Please contact us to register interest and for more information. Upcoming courses will be posted below.
Careys is also available as a venue for teachers or groups looking for a facility. On-site accommodation and camping space can be provided and local accommodation organised. Please contact us for further information.
RECENT COURSES
WORKING WITH LIVING WILLOWDespite torential rain and gale force winds, our novice willow workers created a strong and very lovely living willow arbour. Lusi taught the basics from staking the rods to latice work for the walls, how to make leashes and also windows.
We feared that due to the winds, the willow would break but it proved it's worth and stood strong. Since then, it has even started to shoot.
Willow is such a pliable and strong material and once you have mastered some of the basic techniques, you can be quite creative and it then becomes a very useful resource indeed!
Our 'working with willow' courses run each winter. Please contact us if you are interested.
THE BARN'The Barn' is an ongoing project and with the help of volunteers and course participants, we are slowly reconstructing it in the hope to use it again. It is a small stone building previously housing animals or a simple dwelling , part of a group of buildings lived in by the Carey family and neighbours until early 1900s.
Since then it has been taken over by bracken and Fushia, however we started clearing in October 07 when we had our first stonewalling workshop. We were able to dig out the foundation stones and begin reconstructing the walls. We are keen to keep things as natural as possible here so we used un-quarried natural stone and used a traditional lime mortar.
Through these workshops we hope that participants can learn building techniques that have less impact on the environment and that fit with the landscape. We also hope that this will preserve and promote traditional knowledge and practices.
UPCOMING COURSES
One day basketmaking courses on Fri 22nd Aug and Sat 23rd Aug 08
Drystone and lime mortar walling weekend sat and sunday 2lst and 22nd Sept 08
For all booking information and costs please contact us
Bookings can include B&B, Self Catering or Camping.
If you are interested in hiring Careys as a venue for your small group or are running a course and need a facility, we may be able to help. We can accommodate six people in the house (one single room, one double room and a further room with three single beds). There is also plenty of space to camp outside. We can be flexible and can help facilitate with food (full catering option available), transport and local knowledge if needed. Please feel free to contact us and we can discuss requirements.