Join us for a day constructing the 2025 reincarnation of our Green Scythe Fair Folk legend. ‘Hay Boy’ was first created in 2024, roaming the Fair, resting in piles of cut grass, watching the competition and running away from the children’s hay games. Together we will be rebirthing him; creating a wearable costume from cut grass using traditional crafting techniques such as mask making and weaving, and exploring storytelling as we develop his role for the Fair, the surrounding landscape and community. Hay Boy will be paraded at the Fair the following day, free to be a folking legend. 

Spend the Saturday with Kim Creswell (www.kimcreswell.co.uk), professional willow sculptor, medicinal herbalist and author of ' A Celebration of Willow'. Learn about a range of willow sculpture techniques, and associated topics, while playing a part in making a willow replacement for the iconic Scythe Fair Willow Lady.

Learn to make copper jewellery by hand using your fingers, pliers, hammers and anvil, working with the alchemy of metal to create a durable piece. Bring a cushion or rug to sit on.

Drop in workshop no booking required for selected times. Make your own laid and twisted rope from natural yarn. Learn about braided rope.

How to carve a blank from a log, with an axe. How to carve a spoon from a blank, with a straight and curved knife.

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Half Day Course.

A practical course on the lanes in a horse drawn vehicle.

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We will cover topics around safe travel with horses and other road users.

Combining the unique enjoyable experience of being out with the horses whilst being present to experience road the usage. We hope to install a can do confidence with practical advice and information. We will stop at the Wyndham Arms for refreshments.

Your hosts are happy to share all information gathered on the topic of horse care, tips on map navigation and other questions and topics around travelling, living with and working with horses.

Practical demonstrations, advice on many aspects of working horses, and a chance to participate in preparing the horse, fitting harness, preparing the load, communication, moving and manoeuvering. Care of horse and tack. Plus a chance to drive a cob horse in shafts.

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6 participants

Carve your own Gargoyle. Step by step – Carving a Gargoyle, suitable for beginners

Make a felt hat from raw fleece using a resist template, using revised prehistoric techniques

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10 participants

Make a garden trug with Somerset willow – ideal for foraging and picking salad leaves

An easy achievable design for beginners. Suitable for adults and young people over 14 years

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6 participants

History of smocking with the making of a small smocked square suitable to be made in to a pocket or pincushion