
2025 Short Courses
We pride ourselves on small class sizes which enables our students to quickly gain an extremely high skill base in a short space of time.
Our short courses typically run for between 2 and 15 days and offer a variety of technique based projects and up-skilling options. We are working on some exciting additions to our 2025 programme of short courses, so please check back or email us to inquire.
All course times are 9am - 4:30pm. For a 2-week course, there are no classes in the middle weekend. We observe all public holidays.
2025 Courses
This 6-day master class is an intermediate to advanced level course covering steam bending and cutting accurate joinery on curved sections.
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This 2-day beginner course will familiarise students with their own hand held router and introduce a range of techniques to get the most out of this versatile power tool.
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This 2-day course is designed for the beginner or any maker with an interest in learning how to maintain your own machines. It’s an introduction into the care and maintenance requirements of the four most common woodworking machines.
This 2-day course offers an introduction to wood machining in a safe and efficient way. It is intended for the beginner or someone who is starting to set up their own workshop.
In this 5-day course you will enjoy the experience of crafting and fitting a classic drawer. It is designed for those with at least basic or intermediate experience. This course follows on well from the Introduction to Fine Woodworking course.
2-week course is designed for those with at least basic woodworking experience.
Whilst no one chair can cover all the approaches to chair making, this course covers many of the major challenges associated with chairs.
COURSE IS FULL - we are happy to take a wait list.
This 3-Day Course is designed for those with some basic experience and interested in making adjustable and reusable jigs for their home workshop.
In this course students will create a set of useful jigs and gain an understanding of how jigs can be used to improve accuracy, safety and repeatability when applied to their own woodworking projects.
2 Day Shaker Box Course (in 3 graduating sizes.)
Suitable for all levels of woodworking enthusiasts. It’s also a family friendly course suitable for parents to take the course with their kids who are over 14.
This two–week course is designed for the intermediate to advanced maker and offers a wonderful opportunity to build one of David Haig’s iconic designs - the elegant, practical and very comfortable hoop stool.
COURSE FULL - we are happy to take a wait list.
This 5 day class has been designed for makers with some basic experience in woodworking, preferably with a bansaw and jointer. It introduces the techniques of laminating and coopering and applies them to produce a beautiful bowl.
This 4-day class is suitable for the absolute beginner, or any maker interested in testing the limits of bending wood. This course will introduce you to the delights of steam bending, hot pipe bending and laminating.
This 2-day beginner course will familiarise students with the router table and introduce a range of techniques and applications to help you to get the most out of this versatile power tool.
“Chasing the line” is an exploration of line and form through the carving of a seed pod inspired form. 3-Day Course. Suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
In this course students will make an elegant small standing sculpture ( Möbius ) using hand chisels.
This 3-Day Course is suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
COURSE FULL - We are happy to take a wait list
In this course students will carve a Netsuke ( The Japanese art of miniature carving ) Fish.
This 3-Day Course is suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
Learn how to sharpen your chisels and plane irons so your tools can be a joy to use.
Please note: This does not include carving or turning tools.
This 6-day course has been designed for anyone with some basic experience. Follows well from the Woodworking Basics course or the Introduction to Fine Woodworking.
Students will create an elegant small hall or sofa table.
This 2-day beginner course will familiarise students with their own hand held router and introduce a range of techniques to get the most out of this versatile power tool.
This 4-day "taster" course is for the absolute beginner, offering a convenient and accessible opportunity to come and have a go at some woodworking.
NEW COURSE!
This 3 day course was designed for the beginner woodworker.
If you think you might enjoy woodwork and like the idea of learning some basic techniques on smaller items, then this taster class may be the one for you. This introductory class is suitable for the absolute beginner and offers an introduction to hand tool, power tool and machine use.
2 Day Shaker Box Course (in 3 graduating sizes.)
Suitable for all levels of woodworking enthusiasts. It’s also a family friendly course suitable for parents to take the course with their kids who are over 14.
This two–week introductory course will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
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Elevate your woodworking skills to the next level and create a centre piece coffee table for your home. This 6-day course is for those who have some previous woodworking experience and familiarity with operating a bandsaw, tablesaw, drillpress and are comfortable using handtools.
This James Krenov style cabinet is an introduction to classic cabinet making and covers a range of traditional techniques. Designed to follow on from our long-standing and most popular Introduction to Fine Woodworking course. This course is good for those with at least a basic level of experience with Fine Woodworking.
This 5-day class is suitable for the absolute beginner, or any maker interested in testing the limits of bending wood. This course will introduce you to the delights of steam bending, hot pipe bending and laminating.
In this two-day class, students will learn the principles of carving signs and nameplates. The skills learned in this class are some of the most useful carving skills and are applicable to many types of carving, especially incised work.
This class can accommodate beginners as well as more experienced carvers.
NEW COURSE!
This 2-day course is for carvers with some previous experience. The course focuses on high relief carving of acanthus foliage.
1-DAY COURSE
This one-day course is an opportunity for woodworkers of all skill levels to get to grips with the finer points of sharpening hand tools.
The sharpening day will focus on chisels and gouges, but will also cover knives and scrapers; most of the things needed for hand work.
Learn to make an elegant jewellery box with a fitted drawer in this 2 week class. Suitable for the intermediate / advanced woodworker, this course covers a range of techniques with both machines and hand tools.
NEW COURSE!
This 3 day course was designed for the beginner woodworker.
If you think you might enjoy woodwork and like the idea of learning some basic techniques on smaller items, then this taster class may be the one for you. This introductory class is suitable for the absolute beginner and offers an introduction to hand tool, power tool and machine use.