Introduction to Furniture Making (short course)

The course is designed to broaden your understanding of the subject and materials, building from initial tool use sessions to give you the necessary skills to design and make your own furniture. You will gain a grounding in: safe and effective use and maintenance of a broad range of hand tools. construction techniques, including manipulating, joining and jointing timber and timber-based materials. sketching and draughtsmanship as a means of communication, taking information from and making working drawings. basic furniture forms, frames and carcases. surface preparation and finishing.