New Forestry Professionals Network visit the Sylva Foundation
New Forestry Professionals Network visit the Sylva Foundation to see our work supporting the use of home-grown timber from forestry to wood craft.
New Forestry Professionals Network visit the Sylva Foundation to see our work supporting the use of home-grown timber from forestry to wood craft.
Sylva Foundation Wood School has expertly crafted the commemorative boxes for a limited edition whisky, in a unique collaboration with local Oxford artisans. To celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Oxford Botanic Garden, The Oxford Artisan Distillery is set to launch a limited edition whisky – Black Pine Whisky – coinciding with Hobbit Day on…
The V&A and Sylva Foundation are hosting a summer school and inviting creative practitioners to take part. The Field Notes project will provide a unique opportunity for those with an interest in wood as a material, and in forests and woodlands as a place for learning and growing. . For Sylva Foundation, the collaboration is…
We are pleased to launch a new campaign aiming to establish a fund to support young craftspeople who graduate from our Professional Making Course. The Sylva Wood School Fellowship Fund will allow us to appoint Fellows, chosen from our course alumni.
Sylva Foundation is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to supply, deliver and install/commission industrial woodworking machinery.
We’ve released another enews for those interested in our activities related to the Sylva Wood School. We’ve enjoyed a busy autumn at the Sylva Wood School delivering many successful courses. It’s been great to have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from everyone who has taken part. We hope you enjoy reading more about some of these…
Earlier this year the Sylva Foundation approached Grown in Britain (GiB) to collaborate on a project to promote the potential of under-utilised home-grown timber aiming to inspire innovation and creativity. Students and recent graduates from Rycotewood took part in our first Summer School to explore the potential of Douglas-fir and Alder for furniture making.
Last Wednesday evening we opened the doors of our brand new Teaching Barn to promote the vision for the Sylva Wood School.
Our recently-appointed Head of Wood School, Joseph Bray, introduces himself and his new role with Sylva Foundation.