Chair Design

A five-day workshop in designing and prototyping a chair of your own.

Designing a chair is one of the most demanding challenges in furniture making. The ergonomics are complex, the structure has to carry load in multiple directions, and every decision about form has a consequence for how the chair feels to sit in.

In this five-day workshop Ross will guide you through the process of designing and prototyping a chair from the ground up. Along the way you will investigate ergonomics and proportion, timber shaping and bending, joinery options, making jigs and fixtures, and simple upholstery.

You will leave with a prototype and a design process you can apply to future work.

Workshop details

Duration: 5 days
Location: Mount Egerton VIC 3352
Group size: Maximum 4 participants
Experience: Intermediate to advanced. We recommend completing a hand tools fundamentals course and an introductory wood machining course before this workshop. Having completed Make a Chair is ideal but not essential.
Price: $2,200 per person (materials included)
Dates: Dates announced to the EOI list first, register your interest below

Mount Egerton is located on Wadawurrung Country in Central Victoria, approximately 90 minutes from Melbourne and 30 minutes from Ballarat. The studio is easily reached from Melbourne's west and from Geelong, Daylesford and regional Victoria.

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Moonlite Studios is a working furniture making and creative practice based in Mount Egerton, on Wadawurrung Country in Central Victoria. Courses and mentoring are offered year-round in small groups within a studio environment.

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