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Greencrafts Village

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Let your creativity run wild and experience the nourishing effects of hands-on craft for the mind, body, and soul in the Greencrafts Village.

This is the field where you can make really beautiful things to take home; work with gorgeous natural materials and learn new skills and ways to move towards more sustainable and earth friendly choices. There are hundreds of workshops running each day, led by heritage and rural craft experts. No experience is needed and huge numbers of things are free.

From carving a spoon to silver-casting, creative possibility greets you at every turn. The Greencrafts Village craftspeople are ready to welcome you into their bespoke handmade workspaces and inspire you into having a go yourself. Working hands-on and creating with natural materials has a profound effect on the body and mind, so set you inhibitions aside and prepare for an enlivening experience!

Here’s a taste of what’s on offer: for those interested in using timber there’s hand carving, peddle or cycle wood lathing, greenwood furniture and timber-frame building, as well as learning to use an axe, or try hand carving wood with chisels for free.

For beautiful adornments there’s recycled silver, copper, pewter and antler jewellery making, iron-age blacksmithing of amulets, the making of fresh flower crowns, perfume, organic skin products and soaps, re-cycled fabric headpieces and clothing, as well the dying of cloth and yarns with natural materials.

If survival skills are your thing there’s fire-lighting, bow making and learning how to make cord from Worthy Farm nettles! And then there’s basketry, stone carving, leatherwork, block and screen printing, mosaics, stained glass, sewing, lace and yurt making, weaving and loads, loads more.

Everything going on in the field between 10-11am is completely free in the ‘Happy-Hour’, the perfect time to get a chisel in your hand and ease into your festival day.

You can also ‘have a go’ for free with any maker anytime of day. The field is open each day from 10am Wednesday to 6pm Sunday.