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Thurs 4th PM, Fri 5th AM & Saturday 6th - Bentwood Boxes with Helena Åberg

SEK 1,800.00

Bentwood technique is an old technique for making boxes, trays and vessels for storage and transport. The earliest known bentwood vessels date back to the Bronze Age. The technique has been very common in Sweden and there are some really old bentwood boxes preserved.

During this workshop, you will make smaller boxes or trays using the bentwood technique. We mainly use wood from pine or willow. You will split the thin board with hand tools and work them to the right dimensions. The thin boards are then soaked and bent into a round or oval shape, either by freehand or using a template. The bent wood is joined with birch or spruce roots. You will then make a bottom that fits in and possibly a lid.

You will gain a good insight into how wood works by splitting wood. You will also gain experience of various sharp hand tools, such as a travisher and a drawknife, as well as knowledge of bending wood and sewing with roots. And lastly we will alos cover how the technology and objects have been used historically.

Bentwood technique is an old technique for making boxes, trays and vessels for storage and transport. The earliest known bentwood vessels date back to the Bronze Age. The technique has been very common in Sweden and there are some really old bentwood boxes preserved.

During this workshop, you will make smaller boxes or trays using the bentwood technique. We mainly use wood from pine or willow. You will split the thin board with hand tools and work them to the right dimensions. The thin boards are then soaked and bent into a round or oval shape, either by freehand or using a template. The bent wood is joined with birch or spruce roots. You will then make a bottom that fits in and possibly a lid.

You will gain a good insight into how wood works by splitting wood. You will also gain experience of various sharp hand tools, such as a travisher and a drawknife, as well as knowledge of bending wood and sewing with roots. And lastly we will alos cover how the technology and objects have been used historically.

Course Schedule: (please note this workshop as a unique schedule!)

  • START: Thursday afternoon at 2pm

  • Friday AM *

  • All day Saturday

  • *if you participate in this class you would have Friday afternoon (PM) and Sunday morning free to take other courses if you would like.

No prior experience needed. Tho any woodworking experience is not required it will support your process.

Minimum age: 16 years old

Material costs: A 100sek material fee is included in the course fee.

Participants, If you have any of the following, you are welcome to bring a carving knife, axe, draw knife, planer, flat pliers, awl and 1-2 clamps, Japanese saw, chisel 8-10 mm, flexible work gloves.


All other tools and materials will be provided. (If you don’t have any of these tools we will supply them)

Read more about all workshops & the event schedule here.

Helena speaks Swedish & English.

If language is a barrier we are confident you will learn even if you speak or understand broken English. So much of the learning depends on seeing, feeling, and hearing the sounds as well.

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