Wooden hull construction

Not something i will ever do in theatre but very cool non the less.

http://www.ben-law.co.uk/

The man who the previous article was based on. The house was featured on grand designs and is by far my most favourite episode.

Looks like it belongs in a fairy tale.

I think its so much better looking than all these prefab houses that are thrown up all over the place and made for cheaper out of green materials. Why wouldn't you want to build a house like this.

round wood construction

An article on round wood construction. Basically taking only the bark off the wood and selecting the right shaped pieces to build the building with. If it doesn't fit go find a new bit from the forest.

Its really interesting to see how much stronger the wood is in its round state. so you can build big very strong structures with small fast growing wood. No need for expensive slow growing oak.  

It would be great to have the skills to be able to create things like this. not sure how much it relates to theatre though. Having said that my tutor has worked on shows that involve big old fashioned carpentry. May be handy to look into and learn for the future. who knows what i will be doing in ten years.

3rd year research.

My first instinct is to look at traditional carpentry techniques. Just something I'm interested in and since I'm training to be a carpenter it makes sense to look at ye olde techniques.