Creative wood workshop
With Rachel Ashcroft
Saturday 2 May
12-3pm, CAMPLE LINE
Booking required – tickets available on a sliding scale
£8 | £6 | £3
Anderson Borba, Cloak, 2026, (detail), wood, paper, unfired clay, stones, wire, wood stain, oil pastel, lacquer, 204 x 34 x 7 cm. Courtesy of the artist and The approach, London. Photo: Mike Bolam
Join us in May for our second wood workshop this spring with Rachel Ashcroft.
Inspired by our current exhibition, Anderson Borba’s The Unearthed, we will use small blocks of locally sourced cherry wood and experiment with carving shapes and surface textures into the wood using hand tools.
We will also experiment with the ebonising process to darken the colour of the wood and play around with layering different materials to create a collaged finish.
There will also be an opportunity to use drills and connect the blocks together with wire to form a wall hanging or mobile, or whatever you feel inspired to make!
What to expect: The session will last for 3 hours with time also for a short break and a chance to look around Borba’s exhibition. It will include a basic introduction to working with wood and to using specific hand tools. All tools and local cherry wood will be provided.
No previous experience of working with wood is required for this workshop.
Please note: Sensible shoes must be worn – no open-toed shoes.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and cold drinks will be available. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking.
Recommended for ages 16+
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Access
If you have any access requirements or questions, please be in touch with our colleague Emma: emma@campleline.org.uk or 01848 331 000
Reaching us
CAMPLE LINE, Cample, near Thornhill, DG3 5HD
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Any questions?
Email us: info@campleline.org.uk
Call us: 01848 331 000
About Rachel Ashcroft
From her workshop in rural Dumfries and Galloway, Rachel Ashcroft makes unique wooden furniture and objects from the naturally abundant resource that shapes her local landscape.
As a fine art graduate, Rachel re trained to work with wood; everything that she hand-crafts is a one of a kind sculpture, designed around the grain and patterns inherent in the timber. These shine through in the shapes and forms she creates.
She works solely with wood sourced in the region she lives, which is mostly storm blown or diseased, naturally air dried hardwood. She feels proud to hold that connection to the land and a real sense of sustainability in the material she uses.
You can learn more about Rachel and her work via her website: https://www.womanofthewoods.org/