Exploring new creative interfaces connecting traditional woodland crafts, digital media, technology, architecture and high-end urban design.

Seminar: 3.00 – 5.00pm, Wed. 19th August. Cylinders Estate, Elterwater

Presentations by: Charlie Whinney www.charliewhinney.com about a recently completed steam-bent wood sculpture commission for Harvey Nichol’s main store in London. And members of the Owl project www.owlproject.com discover a new life for wood-lathe turning and traditional woodland crafts in the realms of the urban i-pod and new media generation. Exploring new design, architecture and sculptural applications for traditional woodland crafts and coppice skills; proposals for a sustainable woodlands-based Creative Rural Economy initiative at the Merz Barn in Langdale. www.merzbarn.net

More information at www.littoral.org.uk