When we decided to offer classes in woodworking we wanted to be sure that we were offering classes that were not 'run of the mill' or say, a little dreary! Classes that inspired creativity in people and of course that related to lost trades and techniques that are rapidly disappearing from our landscape.
And so with that in mind we put in a considerable amount of footwork and have come up with what we think are a good cross section of classes for the first half of 2013. We will try and run 2 and occasionally 3 courses per month. These will vary and should ensure that there is something of interest for most people. We would have liked to offer more but we have to set aside time to make stock for the shop too and of course allow time for commission work, which is already mounting as we speak. Please contact us here to express your interest in a course and please remember that we have had an exceptional response to our workshops so we recommend that you book early.
Also, keep an eye on the blog for the opening of Watervliet Shaker Cottage, our self contained Shaker style cottage in the heart of Kyneton. We will be able to offer subsidised rates during the week for people participating in 'chair making courses.' So without further ado, here's the course information and dates
January
Due to commitments milling timber and previously booked courses we have only one course scheduled for the remainder of January.
18th - Bar Open!
Rundell and Rundell's Wine Bar, The Chairmakers Wife, re-opens providing a select range of wines, beer and cider in relaxed atmosphere on Kyneton's historic Piper Street.
Perch Class - 26- 28th inclusive. - FULLY BOOKED
The Perch is an ideal introduction to windsor chair making. A design collaboration between Pete Galbert, Curtis Buchanan and Galen Cranz, the Perch is unique in that it is designed with a short front leg, tilting the carved seat forward. This rotates the sitters pelvis forward keeping their back straight and encouraging good posture. Participants will get an introduction to wood turning, shaping the legs and stretchers. Hand carving the seat and drilling and reaming the leg holes and fitting the stretchers round out an enjoyable 3 day course with most participants getting the opportunity to apply the first coat of their chosen finish. A maximum of 3 students at one time ensures a quality learning environment with personalised attention. Come and experience a great introduction to chair making and take home a Perch made by your own hands and something not otherwise available for sale outside of our retail shop, Rundell & Rundell Chairmakers.
The Perch is an ideal introduction to windsor chair making. A design collaboration between Pete Galbert, Curtis Buchanan and Galen Cranz, the Perch is unique in that it is designed with a short front leg, tilting the carved seat forward. This rotates the sitters pelvis forward keeping their back straight and encouraging good posture. Participants will get an introduction to wood turning, shaping the legs and stretchers. Hand carving the seat and drilling and reaming the leg holes and fitting the stretchers round out an enjoyable 3 day course with most participants getting the opportunity to apply the first coat of their chosen finish. A maximum of 3 students at one time ensures a quality learning environment with personalised attention. Come and experience a great introduction to chair making and take home a Perch made by your own hands and something not otherwise available for sale outside of our retail shop, Rundell & Rundell Chairmakers.
$500 including all materials and light morning and afternoon teas.
February
Seymour Alternative Field Days - 15-17th inclusive -
Come along to one of Australia's most progressive country field days with an expected crowd of over 45,000 per day, Seymour is where you can see the latest innovations in farming, agriculture and everything in between. We will be part of the Lost Trades exhibit, along with traditional Stone Masons, Lead Light Window makers, Broom makers, Hedge layers/rowers, etc. It will be a great weekend and worth a visit. For more information visit their website here .
Come along to one of Australia's most progressive country field days with an expected crowd of over 45,000 per day, Seymour is where you can see the latest innovations in farming, agriculture and everything in between. We will be part of the Lost Trades exhibit, along with traditional Stone Masons, Lead Light Window makers, Broom makers, Hedge layers/rowers, etc. It will be a great weekend and worth a visit. For more information visit their website here .
Coopered Bucket Course - 23rd - with George Smithwick of Beveridge Coopers.
- FULLY BOOKED
George comes from a very long line of coopers and is an incredible tradesman, able to make just about anything from wood and iron, from barrels to buckets, wagon wheels and carriages to oval boxes and everything in between.
- FULLY BOOKED
George comes from a very long line of coopers and is an incredible tradesman, able to make just about anything from wood and iron, from barrels to buckets, wagon wheels and carriages to oval boxes and everything in between.
Come and spend a day in the workshop with George and learn how to make a traditional style coopered wooden bucket, with wooden staves and iron hoops. Then finish it off with the proper spliced rope handle. George will go though the techniques employed by coopers for centuries to mate wooden staves together to form a watertight seal and the techniques for measuring and shaping and fitting the solid wooden base. Learn how to shape flat iron into a round bucket hoop and rivet it together with traditional 'tinmans rivets.' Then assemble the bucket and fit the spliced rope handle, taking a home a watertight bucket that will last for generations! An amazing day class with an inspiring teacher. Limited to six places only, please express your interest quickly as we are already aware how popular this course will be.
$220 per person includes all materials and light morning and afternoon tea refreshments.
March
Perch Class - 9-11th inclusive - please see above
- FULLY BOOKED
Shaker Oval Box Class - 23, 24th - FULLY BOOKED
The Shaker Oval box was a mainstay of Shaker community life, utilised everywhere from the Bretheren's workshops to the kitchen, housing everything from copper tacks to foodstuffs. I learnt how to make these beautiful traditional boxes from the modern father of Shaker Box making in America, John Wilson of Charlotte, Michigan and we now bring that tradition to Australia. Over the course of the weekend, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, learn how to shape, and prepare the box bands before heating them in hot water and bending them around a formwork to create your box. The bands are then tacked in place with U.S. imported traditional copper tacks before being set aside to dry overnight. On Sunday afternoon when your boxes are dry, mark out, cut and trim your bases and lids before pegging them in place with wooden dowels and not a drop of glue! An unchanged process for generations, the oval box making class is suitable for most ages and pretty much any woodworking skill level. Set over the weekend, so you can take in the township of Kyneton and experience a lunch or dinner at one of our many chef hat awarded restaurants! Participants can expect to make and take home 3 finished shaker boxes and the know how to continue to make them at home.
The Shaker Oval box was a mainstay of Shaker community life, utilised everywhere from the Bretheren's workshops to the kitchen, housing everything from copper tacks to foodstuffs. I learnt how to make these beautiful traditional boxes from the modern father of Shaker Box making in America, John Wilson of Charlotte, Michigan and we now bring that tradition to Australia. Over the course of the weekend, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, learn how to shape, and prepare the box bands before heating them in hot water and bending them around a formwork to create your box. The bands are then tacked in place with U.S. imported traditional copper tacks before being set aside to dry overnight. On Sunday afternoon when your boxes are dry, mark out, cut and trim your bases and lids before pegging them in place with wooden dowels and not a drop of glue! An unchanged process for generations, the oval box making class is suitable for most ages and pretty much any woodworking skill level. Set over the weekend, so you can take in the township of Kyneton and experience a lunch or dinner at one of our many chef hat awarded restaurants! Participants can expect to make and take home 3 finished shaker boxes and the know how to continue to make them at home.
$220 per person, with all materials and light morning and afternoon tea on each day provided.
April
Continuous Arm Chair Course - 7 -13th inclusive - FULLY BOOKED
The Continuous Arm Windsor Chair is perhaps the only chair the the U.S. can claim was designed on their soil. Getting it's name from the single piece steam bent crest rail which gracefully sweeps down to become the arm rest on both sides, the Cont. Arm Chair is an iconic New York pattern chair, perfected over years of fine tuning by Curtis Buchanan of Jonesborough, Tennessee. This chair is one of the most graceful windsor chair designs with 13 slender, hand shaped spindles, shield shaped seat and a choice of baluster or double bobbin/Bamboo turnings.
The Continuous Arm Windsor Chair is perhaps the only chair the the U.S. can claim was designed on their soil. Getting it's name from the single piece steam bent crest rail which gracefully sweeps down to become the arm rest on both sides, the Cont. Arm Chair is an iconic New York pattern chair, perfected over years of fine tuning by Curtis Buchanan of Jonesborough, Tennessee. This chair is one of the most graceful windsor chair designs with 13 slender, hand shaped spindles, shield shaped seat and a choice of baluster or double bobbin/Bamboo turnings.
Utilising Curtis's chair patterns, over 7 days participants will master the use of the drawknife and spokeshave, shaping spindles and the crest rail. Scorps / inshaves, travishers and scrapers shaping the seat and learn the techniques for drilling and reaming the 19 compound angled holes in the seat and fitting the 'H' pattern stretchers. Taking home a chair which is a true heirloom and will last for generations not just a few seasons, the Continuous Arm Chair is a course for those who want to experience traditional woodworking as they never have before and take home a stunning piece of furniture that is otherwise not widely available.
$1200 per person or participants booking together will will receive a 10% discount.
Please note - unlike other Australian windsor chair classes, we will only take a maximum of two people at once to teach the art of chair making. We truly believe this gives the best opportunity for participants to experience this traditional craft in a relaxed manner, with undivided attention from Glen and not be lost in a sea of other people. It reflects the manner in which Glen learnt the craft in Tennessee and Massachusetts. We are also happy to co-ordinate mutually convenient dates for individual chair courses only.
Perch Class - 26-28th inclusive -please see above.
May
We have purposefully left the month of May free to work on commissions or to allow for people wanting to book in for further chair courses.
We have purposefully left the month of May free to work on commissions or to allow for people wanting to book in for further chair courses.
June
Perch Class - 8-10th inclusive - please see above
Sussex Trug Class - 29th
Join us at our Central Highland Workshop where Cooper George Smithwick will show you the secret to making this traditional Sussex style staved basket. The name Trug comes from the Saxon word 'Trog,' a wooden vessel or boat. Trugs shot to fame when Queen Victoria ordered a number of them for her family after viewing them at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made from cricket bat Willow, as were the originals some 200 years ago, the Trug is the ideal garden companion for carrying freshly cut herbs and flowers, freshly picked vegetables or even kindling for the fire. Come and learn the secrets to making these iconic english field baskets. Participants will learn to steam bend the handle and hoop frame, heat, bend and tack the willow staves into position and trim the basket to it's final shape, taking home a traditional hand made basket otherwise unavailable in the country.
Join us at our Central Highland Workshop where Cooper George Smithwick will show you the secret to making this traditional Sussex style staved basket. The name Trug comes from the Saxon word 'Trog,' a wooden vessel or boat. Trugs shot to fame when Queen Victoria ordered a number of them for her family after viewing them at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Made from cricket bat Willow, as were the originals some 200 years ago, the Trug is the ideal garden companion for carrying freshly cut herbs and flowers, freshly picked vegetables or even kindling for the fire. Come and learn the secrets to making these iconic english field baskets. Participants will learn to steam bend the handle and hoop frame, heat, bend and tack the willow staves into position and trim the basket to it's final shape, taking home a traditional hand made basket otherwise unavailable in the country.
$220 per person including all materials and light morning and afternoon teas.
July
Shaker oval box making class - 6, 7th - please see above
Continuous Arm Windsor Chair Course - 21 - 27th inclusive - please see above.
The second half of 2013 will see an equally exciting range of new chair courses and other interesting and unique woodworking classes with celebrated guest instructors both local and from abroad. We look forward to hearing from you and sharing some great experiences in 2013. So stay tuned and again, Happy New Year!
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