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14 Cottage St
Blackburn, VIC, 3130
Australia

0413 537 490

The Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking was founded by Alastair Boell in 2007. After graduating from the world renowned North Bennet Street School, Boston (USA) Alastair felt that there was a great need in Australia for an educational facility that focuses on traditional skills. 

The Guild is committed to preserving and advancing craft traditions in furniture making. We are also committed to promoting a greater awareness and appreciation of
craftsmanship. In our classes we emphasize the skillful use of hand tools and power equipment and an informed use of appropriate materials. We are passionate about what we do and want to share information, ideas and skills with all our students young and old, from beginner to advanced.

People

In the drink

Tom Beattie

Class - I spent 2+ years in Melbs and have many great memories from the stay. Perhaps my fondest memory is of being chin deep in the drink searching, WITH OUR FEET mind you, for old bridge planks that had been tossed in the river. Alastair and I and the kids in our swimmers, the two adults cackling like complete mad men in between 1 to 2 minute dives underwater. Cackling, Silence, Cackling, Silence….and repeat. Well the bridge planks worked loose and we spent a goodly amount of time working off the dirt and processing them back to their inner beauty. Every time the weathered/grey bit was peeled back, there was Revelation! Alastair is a great teacher and his most exceptional quality is bringing out the creativity and passion of a woodworking artist. The true purpose of the class for me was, not to specifically produce a bowl or a bookcase, it was to tap into that inner creative being. To produce, to create, to bring forth something out of nothing. Whatever that something might be.

Mike, 2010

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