Discovery: Shelter & Timber Framing
An Exploratory Hands-On Workshop for Youth
Come join us for the 3rd Annual Workshop.
With remarkable skill and ingenuity people used materials “at
hand” to build shelters to survive their environments. These skills
were handed down by hands-on experience. Children learned as they
worked alongside the older folk. Let’s share and pass on our skills.
The first workshop will focus on how shelters can be invented. (No
sharp tools to be used.) Limit of 20 participants, ages 7 and up. Under 7 may attend only if accompanied by a parent or appointed adult, who is with the child full time.
In four later sessions we will build a simple timber frame
structure. Various skills will be explored: choice of materials,
designing, measuring and cutting. Limit of 12 participants. Ages 10
and up. Participants are encouraged to attend all the sessions.
To ensure a good, safe experience, we are asking for a minimum of
three timber framers for the first workshop and minimum of six timber
framers for the other three workshops, to sign up at the conference
to assist the children. Come play, share your enthusiasm, and pass on
your knowledge.
 Workshops will run Friday and Saturday, morning and afternoon,
during the Main Conference breakout sessions. To get an accurate
estimate of how many children will be attending, please circle on the
registration form the name(s) of your children who will participate.
You can also sign your children up at the Conference (space
permitting) when you arrive. If you're registering online, indicate
your interest in this program in the Comments section of the online
registration form. Timber framers interested in assisting should also
indicate this when registering for the Conference.
Materials will be generously supplied by Cowls Lumber, North Amherst, Mass.
For further information or if you would like to assist, contact
Chris Koehn, 920-528-8661 (fax 920-528-8671) or chris@koehn.com.
Visit the TFG website to see photos of past workshops.
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