Making a Dugout Canoe
By woodlandstv
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Artistic woodworker Arthur de Mowbray puts real heart into his craft as he shares his obvious skill and enthusiasm for designing and building a contemporary leisure boat from available timbers. He talks us through the making of `The Mighty Sparrow`, from a fourteen foot long poplar log. Arthur takes traditional boat-building methods and adapts them to suit the lighter, smaller poplar - whilst still using oak off-cuts for specific structural items. From cutting, carving, stretching and stabilising - to `wearing` the beautiful finished boat - Arthur `s respect for the wood and for his craft is clear. http://www.arthurdemowbray.co.uk/dugout-canoes.
Filmed at Bentley Woodfair http://www.bentley.org.uk/
An Adliberate film http://www.adliberate.co.uk for WoodlandsTV http://www.woodlands.co.uk/tv
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19 comments so far
heidiannemorris
January 1, 2017
Fantastic, fascinating clip. What a beautiful boat. Love the craftsmanship and Arthur was a superb narrator too. Thank you and Happy New Year to you, all my best Heidi
Heidi
January 1, 2017
Fantastic, fascinating clip. What a beautiful boat. Love the craftsmanship and Arthur was a superb narrator too. Thank you and Happy New Year to you, all my best Heidi
Latemcire
February 6, 2017
Wow! That's a really amazing boat!
T Lowday
May 12, 2017
Incredible craftsmanship
Lee Woodard
June 3, 2017
breath taking, wish I had such a beautiful boat really but sadly i've not a single inch of space for it 🙁 you've inspired me to make my own one of these days though!
nautilus 1
August 30, 2017
Nice work loved it all top quality work the sweeps are things of beauty by themselves youtube at it's best.Thank you for sharing.
Captain Bartolo
February 8, 2018
Top ! Very useful 🙂 Beutiful boat !
Paul Toner
September 11, 2018
Very skillfully built.Awork of art
Well done
Roger Carroll
September 16, 2018
Brilliant! Beautiful work.