Silver birch shrink pot workshop Making a ponier à cou

Making a ponier à cou involves working with wood

You will then use these techniques to make a couple of items such as: bottle openers

is a celebration of fungi

He will teach you about material selection and preparation and you will each make your own hurdle to take home at the end of the day

After firing they are wrapped in organic materials including banana skins

Silver birch shrink pot workshop Making a ponier à couSilver birch shrink pot. Chris Matthews is a greenwood craftsman who creates shrink pots from green wood. Green wood logs are hollowed out, then fitted with a base, and as the wood dries it naturally shrinks around the base to create these beautiful vessels. Sizes are approximate. Each item is hand crafted and therefore unique. Size: height 10 cm x 7 cm diameter