Geoffrey Lynch, owner of Woodville Cooperage, will be demonstrating one of the oldest trades in the world coopering, dating back to the Egyptian period. Inspired by his Great-Grandfather David Lynch who was a cooper by trade. Woodville cooperage's typical works is focused on spoon carving and wooden bucket crafting. Unique to the modern era, the focus is to refrain from using power tools and use strictly traditional hand tool methods, to create such items that would be considered essential to villages and colonies before the time of plastic buckets and the accessibility of metal utensils. Thru research of traditional cooper methods and attending training thru Tiller's International (Scott's, Michigan). Geoffrey continues his learning to achieve his goal of becoming a master cooper. He invites you to come and observe his craft and inquire into the traditional methods of coopering.