Wood Furniture Design Course

Learn how to create your very own piece of furniture in London.



2 x 7 hours Class size 1 to 6 guests       £275
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Explore some DIY and woodworking skills with your experienced teacher. No worries if you're a beginner or an improver looking to expand your skills, everyone is welcome to come and make their own piece of furniture.
During these two-day wood workshops, you'll be working in a safe and friendly environment using planed timber and plywood. Andrew will guide you through effective construction techniques, helping you build confidence using different tools and materials.
You get a choice of what kind of wood project you'd like to craft. Our classes usually focus on designs such as the 'Crate' or 'Sedia' chairs. All the materials you need to make one basic item is provided. If you fancy a challenge, you can make a second item, but you will need to purchase materials for this.
In this craft course, you will consider the highly inventive techniques in Enzo Mari's AutoProgettzione and Rietveld's crate series. These can both be adapted to all sorts of personal projects and will act as a foundation for any future DIY projects you undertake. This course is a real must do in London for all the creatives out there who would love to try something new.
Please note: The stated class duration includes a one-hour break for lunch.

Upcoming dates for Wood Furniture Design Course

Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 3 Oct 2026, 2:50pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

5 upcoming dates between 31 Oct 2026 and 23 Oct 2027.

  • Sat 31 Oct 2026, 10am-5pm then Sun 1 Nov, 10am-5pm
  • Sat 20 Feb 2027, 10am-5pm then Sun 21 Feb, 10am-5pm
  • Sat 8 May 2027, 10am-5pm then Sun 9 May, 10am-5pm
  • Sat 14 Aug 2027, 10am-5pm then Sun 15 Aug, 10am-5pm
  • Sat 23 Oct 2027, 10am-5pm then Sun 24 Oct, 10am-5pm
What you'll get
Basic tools and material will be provided to complete one project. (You can purchase extra if required for custom projects).
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
What to bring
  • Old clothes and strong footwear.
  • A packed lunch.
Session repeats

This class series runs over 2 consecutive days.

Location

Unit 0, First Floor, Harrington Way, London, SE18 5NR

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  • 5/5 from Yousuf Pandor, attended Aug 2026: Andrew was very professional. I made a chair. Ratio of 6 students per class.
  • 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Aug 2026: woodwork, I made chair, teacher Andrew was amazing, very experienced teacher. It was a great atmosphere. I Liked Andrew's teaching, being able complete a whole project, atmosphere of workshop and location by the Thames
  • 5/5 from Tom Quayle, attended Feb 2026: Loved the workshop. Andrew is a great teacher. Met nice people :)
  • 5/5 from Jan Joerss, attended Feb 2026: Amazing Workshop! My girlfriend and I learned a ton from Andrew and were very pleased with our chair and coffee table! Time well spent!
  • 5/5 from Hugo Guyot, attended May 2025: Great class! Right balance between theory / practice and got home with a nice armchair
  • 5/5 from Andrea Wright, attended Dec 2024: An excellent course that I highly recommend with the workshop being a clean and safe environment. Andrew is a highly skilled tutor who explained everything well. Lots of 1-2-1 help. I learnt so much in 2 days and made my own chair!
  • 5/5 from Brett Banks, attended Dec 2024: Great tutor, great bunch of fellow participants & came away with a very usable piece of furniture. Well recommended.
  • 5/5 from Christopher Bann, attended Dec 2024: Great tuition, learned lots and had fun making the Sedia chair.
  • 5/5 from David Samuel, attended Dec 2024: The course was fantastic. You're guided through a lot in the 2 days by an expert in the field- from learning about basic woods, furniture styles and dimensions, to wood cutting and assembling a piece of furniture. Highly recommend!
  • 5/5 from Duncan Gough, attended Dec 2024: Really great course, learned everything I wanted to pick up and more.
  • 5/5 from Georgie H, attended Dec 2024: I learnt alot, I built an iconic designed chair, with added addition of storage and adjusted leg length for my height! I'm keen to make more stuff and feel so much more confident! Great venue, good amount of equipment, great teacher, good balance of support and independent learning. No waiting for equipment.
  • 5/5 from Henrik Malmquist, attended Dec 2024: Fun and educating. I can highly recommend it!
  • 5/5 from Jay Yang, attended Dec 2024: Fantastic 2-day course that left me inspired and feeling confident enough to build my own Enzo Mari furniture, and perhaps start on designs of my own. The course was thoroughly taught by Andrew who covered the basics from types of wood to tools. I really enjoyed the emphasis on quality and craft, and the small class size meant that we got to handle every aspect of the build. We all also had quite a few options in the projects we could choose to build.
  • 5/5 from Jo Preston, attended Dec 2024: Brilliant course. Tutor knowledgeable and experienced - provided right level of support and independence. Projects to suit the individual. Loved it.
  • 5/5 from Katherine Mason, attended Dec 2024: I bought this as a gift for my partner and he absolutely loved it. Andrew the teacher was incredibly knowledgable and patient and it was a thoroughly rewarding 2 day workshop. He come away feeling really inspired to work on projects at home. Thank you! Would definitely recommend
  • 5/5 from Lingnan Dai, attended Dec 2024: Andrew was extremely patient and helpful in guiding me through my project (me being a total beginner). His know-how and experience really impressed me - I wish I can learn more from such courses in future!
  • 5/5 from Maria Gower, attended Dec 2024: Bought for partner, he loved it and built a chair. Highly recommend.
  • 5/5 from Melanie Mortimer, attended Dec 2024: Great course, really interesting background and very well taught skills, very happy with the result.
  • 5/5 from Robert Otto, attended Dec 2024: A really great course - I enjoyed every minute of it and the teacher (Andrew) was amazingly knowledgable and helpful. Highly recommended.
  • 4/5 from Aga Storwr, attended Dec 2024: It was a good beginners course. Could include more of a design element in it.
  • 5/5 from Louise Stone, attended Dec 2023: Fantastic class. Lots of fun and very patient knowledgeable teacher. Want to do it again already! The right amount of independence and intervention
  • 5/5 from Rhea Dillon, attended Jul 2023: I think this course was great value for money and I really enjoyed making my chair alongside the group. 4 people in the class was a great number to allow the teacher to get round to us all. Thank you so much for the help.
  • 4/5 from Sacha Rae, attended Nov 2022: Lots of useful info, got to practise every step of the way with a good balance of guidance and independence. Unfortunately you do not get to design your own furniture piece, you select one of a few designs that have been pre-selected by the teacher. But we had a small group so he was able to help us customise them quite a lot.
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London Sculpture Workshop is an independent sculpture studio in Woolwich, South East London, located within Thames Side Studios, offering exceptional facilities for artists and those interested in making three-dimensional work.
Our short course programme covers a wide variety of technical and skill-based processes, taught by practising artists in superbly equipped workshops. We teach a range of skills including welding, casting, mould making, metal and woodwork, ceramics and hot metal practices.
London Sculpture Workshop is a not-for-profit, community interested company, established in 2012 by artists Giles Corby and Jessica Mello, trained at Royal College of Art and Slade. LSW has partnered with a number of prestigious organisations including; The British Museum, The Crafts Council, CRISIS, The Architecture Association and Oxford Brooke's University. In 2013 and 2014 LSW was awarded the Chelsea Arts Club Trust ‘Artist Run Space Award’ and awarded a grant for our work from the Mayor of London in 2016.
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