Work with your head, heart and hands.
Moonlite Studios is a furniture making and creative practice based in Mount Egerton, Victoria.
We offer furniture making courses, workshops and mentoring within easy reach of Melbourne and Ballarat.
Courses are offered 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.
The studio is located in Mount Egerton, Victoria, between Ballarat and Melbourne, and Daylesford and Geelong.
Participants travel from across Melbourne and regional Victoria, as well as from interstate and occasionally overseas to attend courses and mentoring.
Upcoming Workshops and Expressions of Interest
We are currently seeking expressions of interest for upcoming workshops in 2026.
Chairmaking Workshops
Courses for intermediate and advanced woodworkers.
Make a chair
Chairs are a stumbling block for many woodworkers. In this 5 day class we will build a contemporary version of a classic dining chair, with compound mortise and tenon joinery, with all participants building to a standardised plan. Individual variations will be possible through the shaping and spacing of lumbar support slats and shaping of the crest rail. You will leave with the capacity to undertake complex chair construction. Requires woodworking experience, we recommend having at least completed a hand tools fundamentals course, and an introductory wood machining course before undertaking a chair. 5 days, class size limited to 4. Contact Ross to express your interest
Chair Design
Let Ross guide you through the process of designing and prototyping a chair. Along the way we will investigate ergonomics, design, shaping and bending timber, joinery options, making jigs and fixtures and simple upholstery. Requires woodworking experience, we recommend having at least completed a hand tools fundamentals course, and an introductory wood machining course before undertaking a chair. Ideally you would also have completed the Build a chair course. 5 days, Class size limited to 4. Contact Ross to express your interest
Wood Bending Workshop
The Bent Stick and the Sculptural Form
A playful, hands-on masterclass in bending wood beyond the expected. Explore steam, hot pipe, microwave, lamination, coopering and kerf bending as tools for sculptural expression and material dialogue. Discover what happens when our rigid material yields and your practice stretches with it. 5 days. Contact Ross to express your interest
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.