Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Bronwyn making her Coracle


BRONWYN

                                                                 
                                              Soaking the ash laths to make them supple


Drilling the laths

Fitting the posts under the seat

Preparing to bend the gunwale




Fitting the posts under the seat
  
Bending the gunwale

            
Nailing the two gunwale laths together
                            

Long laths fitted to the seat posts
 


Bending ribs and stringers

 
Bending the ribs and stringers
 

Frame completed



Fitting the calico skin



Adding laths to the inside and outside of the gunwale after one coat of tar

 

 

The start of three coats of tar




Testing for leaks-and there were none!

WILL IT FLOAT WITH BRONWYN IN THE CORACLE ?

Carrying the coracle down to the river

I CAN DO IT!

 I did not fall in, I did not get wet and the coracle did not leak. IT WAS FUN!