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Nick Walker

@TheMasterThatch

A master thatcher using a craft that he loves,entwining the past and the present. Rooted in place,but always welcoming the wider world.

 Waveney Valley, East Anglia
nickwalkerthatching.co.uk
Joined June 2015
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Tom Allan@tomxallan9 Jun 2022
My Country Diary from Skye, on thatching with reed that grew from the embers of a Tayside wildfire 📸 @TheMasterThatch
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Country diary: The thatching reed is on the rise again theguardian.com/environment/…
Country diary: The thatching reed is on the rise again

Country diary: The thatching reed is on the rise again

Totscore, Isle of Skye: I’m here to thatch a restored blackhouse, with material that grew from the embers of a devastating fire

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As part of our 70th anniversary celebrations last year, we were visited by Nick Walker (@TheMasterThatch), a present-day master thatcher. For a very soothing end to your Wednesday, join Nick as he explores the many thatching tools in our collection! youtu.be/drIwTIZ9nBs
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Replying to @TheMasterThatch
@TheMasterThatch is absolutely fascinating. I could listen to him all week!
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We’ve got @TheMasterThatch and @HannantMark here @TheMERL today, looking at and filming with thatching objects from the 1951 Festival of Britain.
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#pakefieldthatch @TheMasterThatch @ollywatsonpoet @norahslord close up of the thatch and thanks Olly and Nick for letting our Rector have a go at dressing the reed!
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Image from Pakefield Church (@PakefieldChurch)
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Chatting to Nick @bbcsuffolk about this big project this afternoon.... go and have a look over the summer!
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And so it begins....the largest roof I have worked on. This is Pakefield Church, or half of it as there is another identical roof on the other side. 100 ft long, 25ft rafters-it is huge. @ollywatsonpoet is shown for scale at the right of the photo.
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The scaffolding is up and our Thatchers are here! #pakefieldthatch Nick @TheMasterThatch and Ollie have started to strip the south roof this morning
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Matt Gaw ✨@MattGaw7 May 2019
The best morning on a roof with @TheMasterThatch. Working using traditional methods. Just look at this beauty and the hand bent hazel
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New #oilpainting #landscapepainting #fineart #painting #art #artwork #originaldesign #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporarylandscapepainting #RSPBMinsmere #Minsmere #reed #suffolk #suffolkart #oilonlinen #norfolkartist #artoftheday #paintingoftheday
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@TheMasterThatch Cutting out the pattern!
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@TheMasterThatch it’s not Thatching unless it’s snowing!
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@TheMasterThatch putting on the sedge
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Written by a Swedish poet, with a respect for and love of wood as a material. I am fortunate to have a close relationship with wood and wo…
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@TheMasterThatch striping the ridge in the sun! I'm burning it! 😀
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@TheMasterThatch and we have a ridge!
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Thrashing day at Hoxne Suffolk #lonstrawthatch #thatchingstraw
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@TheMasterThatch looking over my secondary skirts! It's all about the pitch!
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Does embodied energy matter? Yes, in building and everything we do. goo.gl/kAdAhv
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@TheMasterThatch in the words of that great philosopher Crocodile Dundee, 'call that a knife, this is a knife!'
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New Oil landscape of beautiful Geldeston. Oil on Canvas.
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