Immerse yourself in woodwork. Two days of action packed intensive tuition in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Indulge your creativity and improve your woodworking skills. Complete beginners very welcome. Teaching hours are from 8.30 am to 6pm (with tea breaks!) to enable everyone to gain as much as possible from their time in the workshops. Spend a weekend in the beautiful Sussex countryside, with excellent B&B and country pub accommodation nearby and Brighton just a short drive over the stunning South Downs.
Cabinetmaking Fundamentals 21-22 May & 20-21 August
Sharpening & Tuning Hand Tools 9-10 April & 16-17 July
Antique Furniture Care and Repairs 13-14 August & 3-4 December
Wood Machining 11-12 June & 1-2 October
Wood Machining 28th-29th June (1 place)
Cabinetmaking Fundamentals Weekend 19th-20th July (1 place)
SKILLS WEEK 21st-25th July (full)
JOINTS WEEK 28th July – 1st August (full)
Drawer Weekend 2nd-3rd August (3 places)
Decorative Box 15th-18th August (1 place)
Decorative Box 22nd-25th August (full)
Make a Bar Stool 27th-31st August (2 places)
SKILLS WEEK 15th-19th September (full)
Over the 30 years I have been running a successful bespoke furniture making and antique restoration business, I have become passionate about passing on the skills and knowledge through my Woodworking School.
We have designed a range of educational short courses that have traditional hand skills at their core, the key requirement being simply enthusiasm and a thirst for knowledge.
Stunning individually designed furniture in a traditional or contemporary style. Whether you have a definite design in mind or simply an idea, we can help you realise your dreams.
We also specialise in making accurate copies of chairs and furniture to match existing pieces or to complete a set.
Beautiful wooden coffee tables and bedside tables are often difficult to source. John has designed a range of unique furniture to fill this gap in the market.
Antique furniture and cherished family heirlooms can be brought back to life with sympathetic Antique Furniture Restoration. John Lloyd, an antique furniture restorer with more than 25 years experience, will restore your antique furniture with careful, thoughtful consideration.
We are also experts in mid-20th Century furniture restoration and conservation. This increasingly popular and much sort after furniture requires particularly specialist knowledge due to the more modern materials used, for example, cork and laminates.
Offering a complete range of restoration services covering, both structural and cosmetic repairs, your treasured items, which have perhaps been passed down through your family, can be brought back into use and made to look lovely again.
An antique furniture restorer is just that, a ‘Restorer’, our main function is to restore a piece of antique furniture back to its intended use, Chairs are meant to be sat on without the occupant feeling that they might end up on the floor at any minute, Extending Dining Tables are meant to extend without needing to resort to a crow-bar, and when extended shouldn’t make you worry that your soup might well end up in your lap at any moment, and library steps shouldn’t put you in fear of your life should you dare to climb higher than the first step.
John Lloyd offers full time intensive short courses in various fine furniture making skills and techniques, polishing & finishing and antique furniture restoration course. An ideal selection of courses for those wishing to train for a new career or the serious hobbyist.
These courses are perfect for International students wishing to learn fine English craftmanship, ex-Forces personnel, gap year students (min. age 18), retirees looking for a second career. Anyone considering these courses is warmly welcome to contact us with any questions they may have.
A Preferred Supplier to the Career Transition Partnership
We offer intensive 2, 3 & 5 day training courses in Furniture Making, Antique Furniture Restoration, French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes and Wood Machining.
John Lloyd have bench space to rent in newly restored barn workshops, includes use of fully equipped machine shop.
Gift Vouchers are now available. These may be used against the cost of a Short Course or Tools stocked in our shop.
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We are just 1hr from London. For more information call us now on 01444 480388
Asked why he might use a shoulder plane, John Lloyd explores the value of this tricky tool.
Asked why he might use a shoulder plane, John Lloyd explores the value of this tricky tool.
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