Metal & Woodwork

  • Bowl Turning for Beginners

    Learn how to turn a bowl, including the different techniques involved. From design to mounting a bowl blank on the lathe, from using the different tools involved to produce and refine a bowl shape to finally finishing your bowl.
    • David Barden
    • Half day afternoons - Monday to Friday - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 16 to adult
    • Beginner, Intermediate
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  • Build a Canoe

    If you can tie your shoelaces (thread a plastic cable tie), ice a cake (spread some glue), and hold a cordless drill, then you can build this canoe.
    • Brian Jones, Paul Fisher
    • Full days - Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 12+ - Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
    • Everyone
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  • Bush Furniture

    Use native materials to make a bush chair – a piece that will be authentic, unique and hark back to the bush skills of the early colonial days.
    • Terry Wilkins
    • Full days - Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 16 to adult
    • Everyone
    • Nearly full
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  • Direct Metal Sculpture

    Create amazing garden art from metal! Take home your very own sculpture to make your garden beautiful.
    • Colin Dray
    • Full days - Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 16 to adult
    • Beginner, Intermediate
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  • Folded Metal Sculpture

    Students will make sculptures from supplied patterns and learn how to draw out a plan. We will use tin snips and files and fold the metal using pliers and hammers. Pop rivets will be used.
    • Adriaan Vanderlugt
    • Half days - Monday to Friday - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 18 to adult
    • Everyone
    • Nearly full
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  • Gourmet Woodworker

    So many useful kitchen tools and equipment can be made out of wood. In this course, you'll learn fundamental woodwork techniques and choose two or more kitchen projects to complete across the week.
    • Matt Taylor
    • Full days - Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 16 to adult
    • Beginner, Intermediate
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  • Woodturning for Beginners

    Ever wanted to try woodturning and didn’t know where to start? Had a go at turning and are ready to learn more? You will learn the principles of woodturning from safety to using tools and hands-on learning of the basic skills for you to confidently create small take-home pieces.
    • David Barden
    • Half day mornings - Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
    • Suitable for ages 16 to adult
    • Beginner
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