Lulu james course

[johnnyb]

Im being inundated with marketing for these guys. It seems its 2 recent rycotewood graduates doing short (upto 4 days) handtool courses. Hope it takes off for them. Just thought id mention it here as people occasionally ask for this stuff.
Struck me it must be very boring for these 2 who are the next gen showing beginners how to make a mortice and tenon. They should be in the thick of a busy commercial company or at least working for themselves. But i guess they maybe teach and make.(multi strand)
they do have a well marketed approach so take a look on facebook.

 

[robgul]

They, from what I can see on their website, they teach a couple of days a week and carry out "commercial projects" the rest of the time - I looked at doing one of their courses recently but my interest was more at the power tools/machines end of things so didn't sign up.

The offering and website etc does seem very professional and thought through.

 

[BigDean]

Having done a 1 day course with them, I think their lack of “real world” experience or maybe just a short time served is a negative. Nice people but just didn’t have the gravitas and confidence of a Peter Sefton. Unfortunately Peter has stopped training now as out of the 4 training courses I have been in, his was by far the best. I wouldn’t return but wish them well.

 

[johnnyb]

Its a tricky thing to do well. Ive always found the best craft teachers are the most critical and literally demand your best work. But always help you to get there...
real beginners need treating more carefully though if there to carry on.
also the dynamic is changed when your paying for the course and not vice versa.

 

[johnnyb]

Gravitas seems unnecessary doing a one day course but when your paying you demand to be taught the simplest things by a grand master. In a real workshop the storeman will show you the simple stuff(and much trickier stuff as hes probably a retired craftsman)
I recall a story when da vinci painted an angel in one of his masters paintings. When the mastet saw it he immediatly gave up painting...

 

[robgul]

Having done a 1 day course with them, I think their lack of “real world” experience or maybe just a short time served is a negative. Nice people but just didn’t have the gravitas and confidence of a Peter Sefton. Unfortunately Peter has stopped training now as out of the 4 training courses I have been in, his was by far the best. I wouldn’t return but wish them well.

Yep - Peter stopping courses was a sad blow, I'd done one and was all set to do another - and the Axminster courses used to run at their HQ were pretty good - I think Covid killed them.

 

[Jacob]

Having done a 1 day course with them, I think their lack of “real world” experience or maybe just a short time served is a negative. Nice people but just didn’t have the gravitas and confidence of a Peter Sefton. Unfortunately Peter has stopped training now as out of the 4 training courses I have been in, his was by far the best. I wouldn’t return but wish them well.

What did you learn in a day?
I must say she looks a cracker.

 

[johnnyb]

There are 2 courses near me, one is in a converted cowshed one day hand tool stuff. One is in the old spode works and in one course he makes a workbench which i thought was a excellent idea. Both didnt strike me as being highly trained craftsmen but the cowshed guy was friendly and nice.
The last course i personally did was 2 years ago a 2 day course on trad stained glass. I now do all her take outs and yesterday she was helping me with a repair and it was a cheap course (£180) but she is a very experienced commercial stained glass artist. But working in that field its tricky to get commisions as its not high on peoples thoughts. So she does many repairs and some teaching. But make no mistake shes the real thing. Its the same in woodworking fancy furniture commisions are few and far between.

 

[johnnyb]

Jacob its not that lulu james i think theres 2 a lady and a lad.

 

[johnnyb]

https://www.googleadservices.com/pa...=2ahUKEwiWuNWu7_mKAxW_VEEAHR7zNrYQ0Qx6BAgYEAE

 

[mark w]

She gave a talk at The New Makers Conference last year, unfortunately most of her time should have been taken up with a PowerPoint video presentation which didn`t work, other than that she had very little to say. It seems to me Rycotewood is very good at producing furniture makers of the YouTube variety, social media studies must be very high on their curriculum. Good luck to them though.

 

[mark w]

Jacob its not that lulu james i think theres 2 a lady and a lad.

Her name is Daisy Brunsdon