Melbourne's Finest Woodworking Courses & Classes
The Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking (The Guild) was founded by Alastair Boell in 2008. After graduating from the world renowned North Bennet Street School, Boston, USA, Alastair felt that there was a great need in Australia for an educational facility that focuses on traditional skills.
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Feature Classes
Open workshops
This is a great opportunity for students of all levels to undertake their own projects under the expert tuition of our qualified instructors. There are a number of classes held over morning, afternoon and evening sessions.
Beginner Courses
Learn to master some of the fundamentals of fine woodworking. In these project based courses you will learn about basic techniques such as carcass construction, dove tail joints, basic hand planning and applying natural oil finish.
Intensive Courses
Our Intensive Courses are specialist workshops and project based courses in Fine Furniture making, ranging from 1 day to 1 week courses. These courses cater for students of all levels.
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2024 Beginners Courses
ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!!
$960.00 AUD
24th Jan to 27th March 2024
(10 week course)
Presented by Lee Gratton
North Bennet Street School in Boston is one America’s oldest ‘Artisans’ colleges. It was established in 1881 and runs a total of 7 different programs, one of which is a prestigious 2 Year Furniture Making Course.
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$2040.00 AUD
18th March to 26th August 2024
(22 week course)
Presented by Michael Ooi
The ‘Shaker Nightstand’ course represents the perfect course for the beginner.
$580.00 AUD
Every Monday evening
2nd Sep to 7th Oct 2024 (6 week course)
Presented by Michael Ooi
In this 6-week Beginner’s course, you will make this stunningly elegant hexagonal Kumiko Box made from Walnut and Maple or Celery Top Pine. Tt is one of the prettiest pieces on offer and certainly packs a punch in terms of woodworking skills learnt in a short period of time.
$970.00 AUD
17th April to 19th June 2024
(10 week course)
Presented by Lee Gratton
The stool that we will be making during this 10 week course has its origins in the Shaker life.
$970.00 AUD
17th July to 18th September 2024
(10 week course)
Presented by Lee Gratton
Tailored towards beginners, this Windsor Inspired Footstool offers a satisfying taste of chair making with the convenience of it being scheduled every Wednesday evening for a single term (10 week course).
$990.00 AUD
9th October to 11th December 2024
(10 week course)
Presented by Lee Gratton
This elegant Natural Edged Bench offers a satisfying taste of chair making with the convenience of it being scheduled every Wednesday evening for a single term (10 week course).
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The Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this country and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and their Elders – past, present and emerging.