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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.
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During a 3 year posting in Malaysia with the RAAFTerry Gordon learned how to wood carve and how to use wooden planes with a local cabinet maker. In essence, he discovered that the planes that this particular Chinese cabinet maker was using were superior to the Western planes. Therefore, he had decided to make his own. Other people appreciated them and the rest is history.
Read MoreMr. Tyler is an internationally known sculptor of birds in wood. Having grown up on Maine’s coast, shorebirds and oceanic birds are Tyler’s most consistently chosen subjects. The designs and proportions of Tyler’s bird sculptures are generally reflective of the actual birds and their behaviours.
Read MoreOriginally a jeweller, Susan Wraight belongs to a western revival of an eastern tradition of miniature sculptures named Netsuke. Japanese in origin, Netsuke were originally used as toggles and were worn between the Edo period 1615-1868.
Read MoreSince the mid 1980’s Rafael has been an avid amateur photographer, which soon led to the learning of picture framing in Warnambool. He has continued to work in this field in Melbourne ever since.
Read MoreMatt Kenney grew up making things like tree forts and skate ramps from wood. Now he’s a furniture maker who’s passion for the craft drives him to share his knowledge and experience with other woodworkers.
Read MoreAs a regular contributor to the Australian Wood Review since June 1996, I have watched fine woodworking evolve from the fringe hobby of a dedicated few, into a substantial industry spread around the world. For me, spoon carving completes a circle, because the very first things I ever carved, way back in 1980, were a spoon and a bowl.
Read MorePeter is a former research scientist who has been designing and making furniture for the past 20 years after retraining at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine.
Read MoreHugh is a retired anaesthetist with a life-time interest in woodworking. His professional career, spanning some 40 years, was spent mostly in a major teaching hospital, involved in the anaesthesia and management of trauma, and the teaching of anaesthesia trainees, medical students and nurses.
Read MoreMatt specialises in crafting steam-bent Middle Eastern frame drums and these are played by professional musicians around the world. Matt was an artist-in-studio at Montsalvat artists colony where he also taught students to craft their own drums.
Read MoreEddy is a qualified furniture restorer with 16 years’ experience. While he specialises in French polishing furniture of all styles and periods, he has a particular interest in English, French, Italian and Australian furniture of the early and late Victorian period.
Read MoreJon’s strong sense of place comes from several generations of his family living in Tasmania. He holds a deep connection with the landscape of his island home and an affinity with the beautiful and unique timbers that grow in the cool temperate forests.
Read MoreSimeon Dux is a fine furniture designer and maker from Melbourne, who specializes in crafting unique one of a kind pieces.
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