RESOURCES
Here is a selection of projects I have been involved with through Coed Cymru, Caerphilly County Borough Council and Welsh Government which was funded through European RDP between 2010 and 2023. This work looked at the added value of our managed woodlands through improved supply chains and product development that sought to improve the use of our indigenous timbers. This was a whole systems approach which required working collaboratively from forestry and processing through to design and manufacture. The projects worked directly with our woodlands and their owners and seeks to produce products that has a net benefit to the Welsh environment through sustainable woodland management that enhances biodiversity, soil and water capture, locked in carbon and generated good long term employment. A special mention and appreciation needs to be made to Mr David Jenkins who was the director of Coed Cymru from 1992 up until his passing in 2015 and who’s tireless work and innovative approach to enhancing the health and quantity of the Welsh broadleaf woodlands has left a lasting positive legacy to both our environment and Welsh culture. I hope some of the information below is of interest and use to both woodworkers and everyone involved in sustainable timber supply chains where ever you are:
Growing Welsh Furniture – A resource document that looks at the current Welsh timber supply chain into the furniture industry with insightful interviews and practical information that looks at a linked up approach to re-establishing our furniture and other wood based industries.
Growing Furniture in Wales - 
pdf
Endgrain flooring project – RDP funded project between 2010 and 2015 that looked at adding value to first and second thinning from managed Welsh broadleaf stands through the manufacture of Endgrain floor tiles and cobbles.
pdf available soon
Tree to Chair film – A educational short film that simply desgribe's how a regional supply chain works from managed woodlands through to processing and manufacture -
https://youtu.be/bQ-9KXFbqvg?si=dlVczHooEbyOLhpc
The Wood Lab Pren project – A series of 'Tool Box talks' I did in 2021 as an educational and inspiring resource for people interested in creatively and sustainably working within Welsh timber and other natural materials.  RDP funded project through Coed Cymru, CCBC and their Cwm a Mynydd project that looked at value adding and improved supply chains of Welsh timber and related businesses between 2017 and 2022.
Presentation on growing trees on Welsh Farms and unproductive land 2021 -
https://youtu.be/8_NlYT1v6go?si=AaV78w6C97ehyPof
How to grow & use Mycelium as a natural material for making products -
https://youtu.be/eJT01jviQmM?si=RAe2do3mPaKuxjt2
Discussion on the amazing fungi that grows in our native woodlands -
https://youtu.be/Eq5pMZD8TlU?si=dtl7E5jJfH4WumMf
Marketing advice for Timber based companies with Lynne Elvins -
https://youtu.be/eJkN7sMR5dI?si=s8Wdh1rkvaPzK_wo
The basics techniques of making River Tables -
https://youtu.be/5vFjydZheJ8?si=rF_t0WpYUAxpYF9P
Traditional basket weaving using local Welsh Willow -
https://youtu.be/ww0gYQfY1YQ?si=vWIty9RyCin4My6c
Colouring timber using natural dyes -
https://youtu.be/LAORZOSBQuQ?si=tkRX-ZiL_zPXcDxi
Stick Makers Webinar -
https://youtu.be/ng4uEytPV3k?si=EKe90xowAQ-Zmkco