Woodwork taster sessions at Ed’s Workshop
Spaces currently available.
One-off taster sessions
Designed specifically for beginners, this hands-on workshop will introduce core woodwork skills through making a mini, lidded jewellery box.
Making the box will give an introduction to:
- Reading the wood and understanding the grain
- Measuring and marking with accuracy
- Cutting squarely with different types of saws
- Shaping and smoothing using a plane and sanding
- Assembly
- Applying finishes to complete your piece
As with all our courses, we keep group sizes small, so places are limited to a maximum of 6 people.
We’re running this session 1-4pm Monday 7th September and we’ll repeat it 6-9pm on Wednesday 16th September. Both sessions have identical content and are standalone, so the expectation is that people would attend just one of the dates. The cost is £50 per person, which includes materials.
Please contact Kim on EdsWorkshop@peterrowe.co.uk to book or find out more. If you can’t make the upcoming course dates, please email Kim to be added to the mailing list.
“Jo was such a great teacher, in a very impressively equipped space, and I was amazed at how much I learnt, and how much knowledge I came away with after just three hours!” J.W.
This course will be run by Jo:
Jo has extensive experience teaching woodwork including 20 years as a D&T teacher, working as a Carpentry and Joinery Technician at Sheffield College, and as a Carpentry, Joinery and Technical Drawing Tutor for a women’s training scheme. She has also taught in community groups for artists and makers. She holds a degree in Fine Art, a PGCE in D&T, a City & Guilds Carpentry and Joinery qualification with distinction and is qualified in teaching post 16s.
Across her career Jo has worked with groups facing personal and social challenges. She fundamentally believes that anybody can use their hands to make things and that doing so can have the transformative power of building self-esteem, confidence, and problem solving and social skills.
Classes are held in Carver House, a former cutlery works in the heart of the city that embodies Sheffield’s industrial and crafting heritage. Its history continues to inspire Ed’s Workshop’s makers and craftspeople today.
Ed’s Workshop
Floor 3
Carver House
Carver Street
Sheffield
S1 4FS
Entrance marked ‘Carver House’ opposite the Carver Lane carpark entrance. Ring Ed’s Workshop buzzer for entry. We are just off West Street for public transport links.
At Ed’s Workshop we firmly believe in the accessibility of making for people of all abilities and experience levels. We are proud of our kind and tolerant community. If you would like to discuss accessibility or learning needs with regard to our woodwork classes please get in touch with Kim at EdsWorkshop@peterrowe.co.uk or call on 07905 855586.