In this five-day intensive, we’ll make a contemporary version of a classic dining chair, exploring the challenges of compound mortise and tenon joinery, accurate construction and shaping.
All participants work from a standardised plan, allowing us to concentrate on the processes and techniques involved in building a chair. Individual variations are possible through the shaping and spacing of the lumbar support slats and the shaping of the crest rail.
The aim is not simply to make a chair, but to develop the understanding, skills and confidence to undertake more complex chair construction independently.
Course details
Dates: Wednesday 31 March – Sunday 4 April 2027
Times: 9 am–5 pm daily
Location: Moonlite Studios, Mount Egerton, Victoria
Duration: Five consecutive days
Fee: $1,600 per person
Class size: Maximum four participants
Experience required
This course is intended for intermediate to advanced woodworkers. Participants should have some experience with hand tools and woodworking machinery. Ideally, this would include skills equivalent to those developed in a Hand Tools Fundamentals course and a wood machining course.
All materials and access to tools and machinery are provided.
In this five-day intensive, we’ll make a contemporary version of a classic dining chair, exploring the challenges of compound mortise and tenon joinery, accurate construction and shaping.
All participants work from a standardised plan, allowing us to concentrate on the processes and techniques involved in building a chair. Individual variations are possible through the shaping and spacing of the lumbar support slats and the shaping of the crest rail.
The aim is not simply to make a chair, but to develop the understanding, skills and confidence to undertake more complex chair construction independently.
Course details
Dates: Wednesday 31 March – Sunday 4 April 2027
Times: 9 am–5 pm daily
Location: Moonlite Studios, Mount Egerton, Victoria
Duration: Five consecutive days
Fee: $1,600 per person
Class size: Maximum four participants
Experience required
This course is intended for intermediate to advanced woodworkers. Participants should have some experience with hand tools and woodworking machinery. Ideally, this would include skills equivalent to those developed in a Hand Tools Fundamentals course and a wood machining course.
All materials and access to tools and machinery are provided.
