Centre for Fine Woodworking, New Zealand


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		2009 Exhibition Online!
	The Centre for Fine Woodworking, Nelson, New Zealand The Centre for Fine Woodworking has been established as a charitable educational trust with the principal aim of offering high quality tuition in fine woodworking. Nelson, where the Centre is based, provides an attractive and stimulating environment centred around its exceptional climate, landscape and creative and artistic community. The Centre offers courses with small class sizes and a low student to instructor ratio. Fundamental to the centre’s philosophy is accessibility for all students. Our programme is designed in such a way that students can choose to enrol for short/weekend workshops, individual courses to learn a specific skill, or the full time furniture makers course. Some highlights: Beginning Cabinet Making Course – our most popular course. A two week intensive introduction for all aspiring woodworkers – this course is scheduled three times each year and will give the experience and prerequisite for other advanced courses in our programme. The full time Furniture Makers Course – ten months in duration, split into three modules specifically designed to give a comprehensive learning experience through immersion in fine woodworking and furniture making. A series of individual courses of between two and twelve weeks offering specific learning opportunities such as dovetailing, chair making, or working towards small batch production – students can progressively attend all of these (to complete the full time furniture making course) or undertake individual courses of particular interest as it suits. Weekend and short courses covering a wide variety of topics and projects such as routers and planemaking. We welcome enquiries from absolute beginners, amateur and practising woodworkers, teachers seeking a sabbatical, or students from design school wishing to compliment and develop their training further. We aim to offer courses that are consistent with and inclusive of the needs of a broad variety of students. We can develop and tailor courses to meet a particular students needs and time scale. If you are not sure which course will best suit your needs or would like to discuss how your time with us can be best utilised then you are most welcome to phone or email us. Completed work from all courses is eligible for inclusion in the Centre for Fine Woodworking's annual exhibition here in Nelson over the summer. Enrolments are confirmed on receipt of the deposit. Full payment of modules 30 days prior to the start of the first course will attract a significant discount, and full payment of the full time furniture makers course 30 days prior to the start of the course will attract a substantial discount – information available on request. Student Lachie Park details his experiences at the Centre for Fine Woodworking in his blog.
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Centre for Fine Woodworking PO Box 1452 Nelson, New Zealand e-mail: info@cfw.co.nz phone: +64 3 545 2674