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Weekday Courses
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Our week day bench space sessions are available to those who have completed one of our Safe Machine Set-up and Use workshops, as participants must adhere to ESCA safety rules and conditions.
One instructor will be available at all times during these creative workshops to help guide participants in all facets of their projects from concept through to creation. Each session is comprised of a 3 hour block, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Participants may specify which sessions they wish to attend. Numbers per session are limited to a maximum of 4 and a minimum of 3. As with all ESCA workshops, session blocks must be booked and paid for in advance. Due to the self-directed nature of these sessions, participants must have a basic knowledge of woodworking. It is also recommended that each participant brings his/her own hand tools along.*2
Tuesdays & Wednesdays. 9am to 4pm with 1 hour lunch break.
4 x 3hr session block (12 hours) $ 440.00
8 x 3hr session block (24 hours) $ 836.00
12 x 3hr session block (36 hours) $1210.00
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Weekday Courses
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42 hours course $1200.00 includes all materials
10th to 14th and 21st & 22nd April 2012 9am to 4pm – with 1 hour lunch break.
This elegant, award winning, Demi-Lune Table
introduces the student to a wide range of furniture
making practices, such as
mortise-and-tenon joints, leg
shaping and complex starburst and cross-band veneer
techniques that yield a stunning result (see picture to right.)
Typically, a table such as this would retail for around
$3000.00 or more. Choice of Jarrah or Blackbutt. Tasmanian
Blackwood – extra $40.00. Dimensions: 1100 x 360 x 800.
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Weekend Courses
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54 hours course $1540.00
Saturdays 4th August to 29th September 2012 9am to 4pm – with 1 hour lunch break.
For a full list of subjects
covered, please contact Neil or Pam.
For the first time, ESCA is about to embark into the serious business of taking keen,
aspiring studio-furniture makers through the rigours of acquiring the necessary hand
and machine skills while mentoring them towards developing an individual, ‘signature’
design aesthetic. This series of courses is aimed at the individual who wishes to learn
everything about The Art of Fine Furniture, but who can’t afford to take an
extended period of time off work. Typically, the series covers a similar, if not far less
formal, curriculum to nationally accredited diploma or associate degree courses, albeit
over a longer period of time.
Each series will run for 9 consecutive Saturdays during school terms. At this stage it is
envisaged that ESCA will run at least 8 courses in the series with, perhaps, if the
interest is there an extra 2 or 3 advanced courses. We will only run 3 courses in 2012
as we will be spending the last term in the USA teaching.
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Weekday Courses
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One-on-one training is the quickest, most direct and efficient way to learn about furniture design and construction and to acquire the necessary skills that are needed to produce exceptional work.
Each participant works exclusively alongside the instructor and has the freedom to direct the nature of activities, whether it be resolving a design, or honing a set of skills. Past students have been amazed at their rapid progress .
As with our Bench Space Sessions, One-on One Mentoring must be booked in a minimum of a 4 session block, totalling twelve hours a block. It is recommended that each participant brings along his/her own hand tools*2. Times are 9am to 4pm with a 1 hour lunchbreak.
4 x 3hr session block (12hours) $1320.00
8 x 3hr session block (24hours) $2508.00
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Weekend Courses
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54 hours course $1540.00 includes all materials.
from Friday(!)6, 7, 8 and 13, 14, 15 and 27, 28, 29 July 2012 9am to 4pm – with 1 hour lunch break.
Join Neil to make this delightful little cabinet that can be either hung on a wall or
positioned on a stand. This solid timber cabinet will comprise of a pair of hinged doors
and 1 traditionally constructed drawer. Learn how to address issues regarding wood
movement and complex carcase joinery, and how to fit hardware and fine drawer
making. Please note, later in the year Neil will run a dedicated course to construct a
special stand for this cabinet and/or the ‘Zazen’ collectors chest made earlier this
year.
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Weekend Courses
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54 hours - $28.52 per hour = $1540 plus materials. Choice of solid Jarrah or Beech. Veritas tail vise and Record or Groz shoulder vise.
28th April, 12th, 19th, 26th May, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th June 2012 - 9 days 9am to 4pm Saturdays. – with 1 hour lunch break.
The first of our ‘The Art of Fine Furniture’ (TAFF) courses that we run on a Saturday finished with success. Everyone has made a lovely stool with hand cut, angled dovetails, each a little different from the other. This project was an exceptionally complex task for beginner woodworkers, but, I’m pleased to say all students achieved a remarkable result.
Our next TAFF course, TAFF Intermediate One, starts on the 28th April. This course will cover the making of a robustly constructed, traditional solid wood Workbench for each student to take home. TAFF courses homework should then be a breeze! Bench size will be from 1200 – 1400 long, and 850 – 920 high, depending on the space available at home.
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