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Preservation carpenter to lead hewing workshop

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KENT—The Eric Sloane Museum will present a “How to Hew a Log” workshop Saturday, Oct. 5 ,from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The hands-on workshop at the 31 Kent Cornwall Road museum will explore hand-hewing techniques and methods taught by preservation carpenter, Nevan Carling.

Students will learn the basics of timber selection and beam layout while using traditional tools and methods to create a hand-hewn finished product.

Pre-registration is required.

Kathryn Boughton
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Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former print Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009.

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