The Centre for Fine Woodworking
New Zealand's premier furniture making, woodworking & design school
Welcome to the Centre for Fine Woodworking
The Centre is New Zealand's premier teaching environment for woodworking, furniture making and design.
The Centre for Fine Woodworking is a charitable educational trust with the principal aim of offering high quality tuition in fine woodworking.
We run a wide selection of short courses and a full-time programme with low student to instructor ratios, so you quickly gain an extremely high skill base for follow-on courses, or for your own personal journey towards becoming a woodworking professional or enthusiast.
The short courses include tool making and maintenance courses, as well as project-based courses, where you take home the inspired piece of furniture you make.
The full time programme has been developed by a team of professional woodworkers and tutors with extensive teaching and training experience. It progresses via a series of projects covering all the main areas of fine furniture making.
We are absolutely thrilled to be able to announce that one of America's best known practicioners of the art of marquetry, Silas Kopf is going to be touring Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand early next year, and with the wonderful negotiating of resident tutor David Haig, he is coming to the Centre for Fine Woodworking in March 2012 to hold a three day workshop.
Silas has been the leader in his field for over forty years and has taught and exhibited extensively throughout the USA. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see one of the great masters of their art. Take a look at Silas's website and you will get a taste of his amazing craftsmanship. At this stage we are still sorting out exact dates but we can tell you that he will run a two or three day workshop here at the school mid-end March. If you are keen to be part of this wonderful opportunity it would be good to hear from you - contact Helen and then we can keep you up to date with developments.
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