Work with your head, heart and hands.
Moonlite Studios is a furniture making and creative practice in Mount Egerton, Victoria — between Melbourne and Ballarat, close to Daylesford, on Wadawurrung Country.
We offer furniture making courses, workshops and mentoring in small groups, within a working studio environment.
Courses run throughout the year, with workshops scheduled seasonally in response to the rhythms and conditions of the place.
Learn at Moonlite Studios
Furniture making courses, workshops and mentoring are offered in small groups within a working studio environment. Most courses are limited to four participants.
The studio is in Mount Egerton, Victoria, between Ballarat and Melbourne, and Daylesford and Geelong. Close enough to reach easily, far enough to work without distraction.
Participants travel from across Melbourne and regional Victoria, as well as from interstate and occasionally overseas to attend courses and mentoring.
Now Booking
Box Making: Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 July 2026, $330pp, 6 places, Book Now
Sharpening: Saturday 18 July 2026, $250pp, 4 places, Book Now
Hot Pipe Bending: Saturday 19 July 2026, $150pp, 6 places, Book Now
Upcoming Workshops and Expressions of Interest
We are currently taking expressions of interest for all workshops in our 2026 program. Dates are announced to the EOI list first.
Foundations Box Making · 2 days · $330pp Sharpening · 1 day · $250pp Hand Tools Fundamentals · 5 days · $1,400pp - Safe Machine Practice · 2 days · $550pp Machine Tools Fundamentals · 5 days · $1,500pp
Wood Bending Hot Pipe Bending · 1 day · $150pp Introduction to Wood Bending · 2 days · $660pp Contemporary Coopered Form · 2 days · $660pp Bent Form: Design and Studio Practice · 2 days · $750pp The Bent Stick and the Sculptural Form · 5 days · $1,800pp
Chairmaking Make a Chair · 5 days · $1,600pp Chair Design · 5 days · $2,200pp
Design and Making Joinery · 2 days · $750pp Design Process for Makers · 3 days · $990pp Seeing the Wood and the Trees · 2 days · $400pp
View full program and register your interest
Workshops are a starting point. Mentoring and accredited furniture making training are also available for those looking to go further.
The Studio
Making here is grounded in material, place, and attentive practice. The studio is a space for developing skill through making, and for exploring the relationship between material, process, and form. Courses are led by Ross Annels, a furniture maker, designer and educator with more than 25 years of professional practice.