Week 7 Sermon
New jig week, along with finishing the move around, and a couple of repairs have taken far more time than they should have, but each has had it’s own rewards. 
The move around, as mentioned last week, has provided something verging on a dance-floor’s worth of space, along with a sensible (more…)
Update
We will be closed over the weekend 31st August to 3rd September in the workshop at Quex, but that is only because we will be attending the Smugglers Folk Festival somewhere between Deal and Dover.
We will have a number of instruments on display, including that (more…)
Pure Craft Market
We’ve had a busy weekend at the Craft Village, preparing for and running our first Pure Craft Market. The idea was to promote not just the Craft Village, but also Pure Crafts rather than the ‘gift’ fairs that have spread across the County, and probably the Country! Everything on display (and for sale) has been [...]
Planning
In the Craft Village, Crafters plan a monthly Pure Craft Fair, which will probably be held on the first Saturday of each month, commencing in September. Pure Craft means that there will be no stalls with bought-in tat from afar. The majority of Craft Fairs seem to be inundated with these type of stands, which have nothing [...]
In the works…
It occurred to me that I’ve not posted any progress reports of late, what with all the tree felling going on but work in the shop has been progressing well. This week, no less than three instruments will get finished, the first of two Venezuelan Cuatro’s, a Cool Hand Tenor and a Cutaway Tenor, all featuring rope binding. [...]
Exotic woods
From time to time we get asked about exotic timbers. The most popular timber for making Ukuleles is a wood called Koa. It is one of the Acacia family and is native to the Hawaiian Islands (among other places) where the Uke was invented. The reason it was used was quite simple. It was local and available. Of [...]
Still open! :)
Despite the weather, we are still open. Although I’m not advocating that anyone should make unnecessary journeys, the Craft Village is still accessible with care. Today was spent having a mass tidy, along with a bit of snow shoveling. Isn’t it weird that cleaning up seems to increase the amount of mayhem, at least to start with. [...]
People, lots of them!
It is fortunate that the weather was fair for the Quexmas Event, staged in the Powell-Cotton Museum on Sunday 27th November. That is because the queues of people stretched well into the car park for a good couple of hours after the event opened. Of course, the weather had an effect on how many people ventured out, [...]
Moving On….
Bigger kit, whole trees to convert, and planning on building guitars as well as Ukuleles, the time has come to say goodbye to our little unit in the Craft Village! But fear not, we haven’t gone far. In fact the move was completed in a little over twenty-four hours with no more transport requirements than [...]
