The hidden benefits of craft - Dave Cockroft - BS004
In this episode of Building Sustainability I talk with Dave ‘The Bodger’ Cockroft about the hidden benefits of craft. We talk specifically about spoons and chairs of which Dave is an exceptionally talented maker.
We start off with some tool chat, then find out what a ‘Bodger’ is and how the term has been changed over the year. There is a fair amount of spoon carving chat, as well as a lot about chairs and Dave’s particular style.
A theme we talk a lot on is the benefits gained by concentrating on something that uses your hands and brain. How it calms the brain and allows you to think.
In this chat with chairmaker and spoon carver Dave Cockroft we discuss the simple hidden pleasures of working with your hands. We also delve into Dave’s spoon collection and I admire his tools and chairs.
** Apologies for the tired ramble intro at the beginning of this months’ podcast – Jeffrey was utterly shattered… skip to about 8 minutes to skip straight to Dave’s Interview!**
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Dave The Bodger – Instagram
Makers featured in this podcast
https://instagram.com/barnthespoon
https://www.instagram.com/wpwoodcraft/
https://instagram.com/lampshade_ink
https://www.instagram.com/lucy_q_spoons
https://instagram.com/turnaleg
https://instagram.com/onjourneyk
https://www.instagram.com/woodmungler
https://www.instagram.com/alex_yerks/
https://www.instagram.com/adamhawker1/
Podcast Preamble
In this month’s preamble, an utterly exhausted Jeffrey rambles on about the show garden that Hartwyn just build for RHS Malvern. The garden, designed by Jessica Makins, won a prestigious gold medal and people’s choice award. We are extremely proud of the garden, which showcases natural materials externally and internally in a contemporary way.
Join us for informal conversations surrounding beer, film, politics and philosophy.
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Dave Cockroft
Spoon maker, chair maker, lovely man
Dave Cockcroft is a green wood craftsman, designing and making furniture and household items from fresh cut local hardwoods. Furniture is made from ash, oak and elm whilst spoons are carved from fruitwood and sycamore.
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