Hand Tool Workshop - Make a Sushi Platter

A day with hand tools, a form made by you - your creativity on the plate.



3 hours

Class size 1 to 8 (public classes), 6 to 16

  £60 - £75 (Earlybird price of £60 applies if you book into a public session 14+ days ahead, otherwise £75 per guest when you book for 1 guest, £65/guest for 2+ guests)
A day with hand tools. A piece to take home. No experience needed.
Over a full day, you’ll make a solid wood sushi platter and a pair (or more!) of chopsticks — choosing your timber from various species (walnut, beech, ash, oak), marking and cutting your own platter shape, and working the whole piece with hand tools. Use a jigsaw to rough out the form. Hand planes, rasps, spokeshaves, and sandpaper will bring it to a finished surface worth eating from!
This course is designed for people who’ve never picked up a hand plane — and for those who have and want a relaxed, enjoyable day to practice. You work at your own pace, make your own decisions about shape and edge treatment, and leave with something made by hand that you can use at home. Your teacher will guide you in how to properly use and get the best results from woodworking hand tools.
Across the day you’ll learn to:
  • Choose and read timber: understanding how walnut, beech, ash, and oak differ in grain, density, and working character
  • Mark out a platter shape: laying out your chosen profile on a wood blank — freehand or from a template; the shape is yours
  • Cut and refine a profile: sawing to the line with a jigsaw, then sanding and spokeshaving the edges smooth
  • Taper chopsticks with a hand plane: reading a taper, setting a plane, and working a fine section from a square blank
  • Apply edge treatments with hand tools: chamfer, roundover, or combination — your decision, made with planes, rasps, chisels, and spokeshaves
  • Add personal details: using the tools to bring your own character to the platter or chopsticks
  • Drill a soy sauce bowl recess (optional): marking and boring a recess into the platter surface at the drill press to fit a small ceramic bowl
  • Finish with food-safe oil: two coats across the platter and chopsticks, leaving the grain open and the surface ready for the table


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Upcoming dates for Hand Tool Workshop - Make a Sushi Platter

Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 10 Oct 2026, 8:06am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

7 upcoming dates between 21 Oct 2026 and 5 May 2027.

  • Wed 21 Oct 2026, 6pm-9pm, £75 per person
  • Wed 16 Dec 2026, 6pm-9pm, £60 per person (early-bird)
  • Thu 4 Feb 2027, 5pm-8pm, £60 per person (early-bird)
  • Wed 3 Mar 2027, 5pm-8pm, £60 per person (early-bird)
  • Thu 25 Mar 2027, 5pm-8pm, £60 per person (early-bird)
  • Thu 15 Apr 2027, 5pm-8pm, £60 per person (early-bird)
  • Wed 5 May 2027, 5pm-8pm, £60 per person (early-bird)
What you'll get
All timber, tools, and finishing materials are provided.
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Knowledge required
Suitable for complete beginners — no prior woodworking experience is needed.
What to bring
Wear comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes or trainers. No open-toed footwear is allowed.
Location

POW Workshops, Standard Road, London, NW10 6HF

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Recent reviews of Hand Tool Workshop - Make a Sushi Platter

  • 5/5 from Chloe Horne, attended Oct 2026: I booked this private class for a friend’s birthday to learn how to make a sushi platter and chopsticks. It was a super fun class! Brendan, our instructor was really friendly, kind and helpful and the workspace itself was great. We all came out of it learning a lot and very proud of our new boards! 10/10 - would definitely go again and recommend to others.
  • 5/5 from Tiago Gomez, attended Aug 2026: The teacher was great! Fun, clear and on top of every student. It was amazing in only 3 hours to learn so much and bring a beautiful sushi table with the sticks home. I absolutely recommend it, and I will come back for another class! Thank you
  • 5/5 from Alexandra Jane Ingelbrecht, attended Jul 2026: Really great class the teacher Brandon was really patient, kind and skilled. Was so much fun! Really enjoyed making my sushi plater and chopsticks and will definitely try to book onto another class!
Your teacher
Brandon Harrison

Brandon Harrison

5.0 (3)

Brandon Harrison is a fine furniture designer-maker with an international formation — trained at Sturt Craft Centre in Australia and Yacademy in Italy — and a practice built around heirloom-quality work where the construction is part of the design. Steam bending, wedged tenons, and exposed joinery run through his own exhibited work, recognised at Craft + Design Canberra, Vivid Furniture Design Melbourne, Clarence Furniture Prize, and Wood Review’s Student Maker of the Year. He brings the same depth of thinking to the workshop.




Your teacher

POW Workshops
POW Workshops

4.9 (210)
female Women-owned

POW is a not-for-profit open access workshop that provides aspiring and experienced makers, product designers, carpenters, model makers, furniture makers, tailors, engineers, artists, sculptors, and everyone in between, with an affordable and high quality space, equipment and learning to be able to ideate, innovate and create.
We offer space, tools and machines to craft, and run workshops and training for hobbyist looking to get away from the day to day, or experienced artists and makers trying to improve their craft or grow their businesses
We started POW, to reduce the barriers of space, cost & stress for people trying to make and create
Our vision is simple:
Give everyone the chance to make it.
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