Commercial Unit Available – The Old Pigsty
The Old Pigsty is a commercial unit available to rent from Sylva Foundation by a suitable business concerned with designing or making with wood. The unit lies slightly separate from other buildings and units at the Sylva Wood Centre, providing ample space and privacy with views across the countryside, while remaining within close proximity of …. Read More
Sylva Summer School exhibition opens at the V&A
In September we hosted our third annual summer school. This year we collaborated with the V&A museum and specifically the Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures to create ‘Field Notes’. The work of the 12 practitioners taking part in the summer school is now on display in the V&A’s Susan R Weber Furniture Gallery. in May …. Read More
Hand-crafted stools made in collaboration with the National Trust
Sylva Foundation has teamed up with the National Trust to turn trees lost to Ash dieback into a range of hand-crafted stools. The ash stools made at the Sylva Wood School in collaboration with the National Trust ©National Trust Images/Arnhel de Serra Ash dieback is a widespread fungal disease that has had a dramatic impact …. Read More
Sourcing and Using Home-Grown Wood Products
Sylva Foundation’s views on sourcing and using home-grown wood products. Using more wood products sourced from UK forests will stimulate our economy while improving the environmental condition of more woodlands, reducing wood-miles (carbon footprint of importing timber), and help reconnect people with the benefits of a working countryside. Sylva Foundation has set out its views …. Read More
Summer School 2022
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 …. Read More
Wood School Assistant Appointed
We are delighted to welcome Phillip Gullam as our new Wood School Assistant. Phillip Gullam – Wood School Assistant Phil previously taught at Rycotewood for a number of years, teaching various furniture-making courses. He brings to the role a breadth of experience gained over the years. Phil has been involved in the teaching and assessing …. Read More
Job Opportunity: Wood School Assistant
Wood School Assistant [job title pending] Sylva Wood School Sylva Foundation is looking to recruit an exceptional individual to join its Wood School team based at the Sylva Wood Centre. Since launching the Wood School in 2019, it has gone from strength to strength. The Wood School plays a central role in Sylva’s mission; nurturing …. Read More
Summer School 2021
In September, Sylva Foundation hosted a Summer School for young creative people to promote design and craft using home-grown timber. The inspiring report from the workshop is published today to coincide with Grown in Britain week. Sylva Foundation cares passionately about trees and people, and at its Wood School in south Oxfordshire it has set …. Read More
A discussion about Wood Culture
Recently, Sylva Foundation CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery was interviewed by Tom Barnes, Director of Vastern Timber, about Wood Culture. They discussed public perspectives of forestry and the need to recreate an affinity between society and the natural world. With thanks to Vastern Timber. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Renovation of the old Grain Store
Despite the wet winter we’ve been busy at the Sylva Wood Centre completing the renovation of our old Grain Store. We’ve just completed this timelapse film, taken over several months, which finishes with the fitting of innovative thermally-modified hardwood products, including cladding, windows, and a door. The Brimstone products were provided by Vastern Timber, in …. Read More