The 16 WEEK and 22 WEEK Furniture Designer/Maker Courses
The 16 WEEK designer/maker course and 22 WEEK course (including an additional module), are newly designed for 2019 and are aimed at students from a very wide range of educational and professional backgrounds and all ages from 18-80. Over the years we have attracted many students from overseas who have often been limited in the time they can spend with us due to UK visa constraints. On this intensive compact course students will acquire all the skills and techniques and still fit in comfortably with the UK’s current requirements for foreign students studying in England.
The majority of our students go on to launch their own businesses on completion or join established furniture makers. Equally, many of are students are looking for a second career, sometimes after a career in the Forces, and we attract a large number o f serious hobbyists who simply wish to indulge their passion for making fine furniture.
This course is for the many passionate amateur woodworkers who dream of perfecting their skills and learning how to work to a very high standard but who are tied to another career and unable to give a whole year. For these students the 16 WEEK course will be a perfect solution and, if circumstances allow, students may return and take the 6 WEEK Chair Making or Antique Furniture Restoration modules at a later date is they wish.
We highly recommend anyone considering this course visit the workshops to discuss the syllabus with John and have look around the workshops. The 16 WEEK course starts mid August each year with the 6 WEEK modules following on in early January.

THE 16 WEEK ULTIMATE FURNITURE MAKING SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
The Cabinetmaking Course that can transform you from Novice to Professional level in just 16 Weeks. This is the unique opportunity to acquire the critical skill-sets that are required to make exceptional furniture to a professional standard in the shortest time possible.

The 16 WEEK Course with 6 WEEK Chair Making Module (22 weeks)
Having completed the 16 WEEK Course this 6 week extension is a fabulous opportunity to further your furniture making knowledge and abilities with the unique set of skills and techniques required to design and construct chairs.

The 16 WEEK Course with 6 WEEK Antique Furniture Restoration (22 weeks)
For for anyone wishing to become a sympathetic and accomplished furniture restorer it is imperative that they have an excellent understanding of furniture construction. This knowledge will have been obtained during the 16 WEEK Course. This fascinating 6 week module is all about antique restoration techniques and prepares the student to confidently tackle the myriad challenges that repairing furniture present. This module is predominantly project based, with students encouraged to bring in their own, or possibly even client’s, projects on which to work.
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