There is something quite beautiful about a carefully crafted and lovingly carved form. The shape and function of simple, yet hand sculpted and organically shaped spoons and boards are a delight to hold and use. Recently, we had a group of students attend our Organic Carving...
Check out some photos from day one of the Introduction to Furniture Making, our first ever short course held in our brand new workshop! ”I really enjoyed my time on the weekend, the course was amazing and I loved it! I learnt a lot too.Elliot is...
Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in Japanese woodworking all over the world, but sometimes a shortage of knowledge on how to use them. We've all seen Japanese planes taking super-fine shavings somewhere on the internet, but knowing how to do...
“You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, Mick, it’s time to get yourself a new spoon. And you do.” – Mick Jagger. Come along and join our experienced carver, Alichia van Rhijn – Hearth Collective, for...
"1868, the United States Patent Office issued Patent Number 76,884 to Wessel Brodhead for an improvement to the field of carpenters’ marking gauges. Brodhead developed a tool that used a simple, elegant method for securing the bar to the head or fence of a marking...
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I recently completed the Build Your Own Woodwork Workbench short course and Structured Fine Woodworking at Handsome & Co. I thoroughly enjoyed them both, the workbench course is an intensive 3 days with an amazing end result. The Structured Fine Woodworking is a longer more refined...
The educational taster is upon us again at Handsome & Co. This means an opportunity for students to step outside their comfort zone and try their hand at a new skill they may not necessarily encounter working on their own projects. As usual, term 2 is...
First term of 2017 and the Handsome and Co educational taster was for the students to make a pair of pinch sticks. What are pinch sticks? Well, pinch sticks, also know as pinch rods are a very simple woodworking tool that allows for very accurate measurements...
Is this the best woodwork workbench building course in Australia? MORE INFORMATION HERE Handsome & Co - Build a Work Bench Course from noddy boffin on Vimeo. ...
