James says: “Everyday I’m learning something new while I’m here, and my aim at the minute is getting in to the work frame of mind, routine, and so far it’s done that, I’m getting here on time, and I’m riding in… and it’s done everything good since I’ve been here, I’ve seen my little girl … More James: “I can see the light…”
So Sarah came to me with a question… and asked me if I would teach her how to turn a bowl, which is something that I learned over my 12 months of being at LandWorks (ROTL) taught by Will… [Helping Sarah] I loved it, it’s quite a nice feeling, especially when they end up … More Graham: it’s quite magical
I’ve still got plenty of room to learn… my skills have expanded hugely since I got here, but there’s always room for improvement you know… and someone will suggest something and oh yes, that’s a good idea… and everyone is constantly learning new things… you know all the time… there’s no shame in not … More Rodney: memory box
I teach the lads now to make wood products, bowls, plates, chopping boards, mirrors, anything out of timber really, candle holders… clocks, we make clocks… Rodney has made a bowl as well, he loved it… he got on really well with it… I’ve done loads now; I was never interested in wood turning [before], … More Graham: it started with a blank
I’ve been here 15 months… so I was coming out here on a ROTL (Release On Temporary Licence/day release) from the local prison for the last 12 months [of my sentence] and I think it was around about Christmas time [last year] that I noticed on the 5 year LandWorks plan… to employ one of … More Graham: from trainee to trainer
Matthew spent some time in the workshop yesterday (26th October)…
I made Sarah some plates for her Christmas present… that was during my time [on day release from the local prison], when I was learning… Sarah said like, oh I’d love to have some wooden plates… so I asked the project manager if I could make her a set for Christmas, so I did … More Graham: wood products
The first post will be published soon… In the meantime details of the project can be found by following this link… http://isrf.org/about/fellows-and-projects/julie-parsons/#project70bf-a2a891b9-54552509-17bc
I’d probably say [I’d enjoyed] doing the woodwork [the most] and that, yeah. I was enjoying that when I first got here… […] But yeah, the woodwork and that, once I’d sort of, you know, honed in a few skills and that, I enjoyed doing the wood work… (Ryan, March 2016) I like being in … More for example…
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