Stool Making Workshop

Join James in the Loose Fit workshop on the South Coast for a one-day stool-making workshop.

Loose Fit Furniture

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8 hours

2 to 5 guests

£230 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

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What you'll do

In this rewarding day-long workshop, you'll craft your own unique staked stool or side table while learning essential woodworking skills. Working with quality hand tools and carefully selected timber, you'll discover traditional joinery techniques as you create a beautiful piece of furniture to take home.

Perfect for woodworking enthusiasts of all skill levels, this hands-on activity welcomes complete beginners and experienced crafters alike. You'll feel at ease in James's South Coast workshop, where the focus is on enjoying the creative process and developing new skills at your own pace.

Throughout the day, you'll work with professional tools and quality materials, all provided for you. James will guide you through each step of the furniture-making process, from understanding wood properties to mastering essential joinery techniques. The intimate workshop setting ensures plenty of individual attention as you craft your piece. You'll break for a delicious vegetarian lunch of soup, local cheese, and bread, providing a chance to rest and reflect on your progress.

This absorbing workshop will cultivate your appreciation for traditional woodworking while equipping you with practical furniture-making skills. You'll leave with new woodworking knowledge, experience with hand tools, and your own handcrafted stool or side table—a functional piece of furniture you'll treasure for years to come.

What you'll get

A staked stool or side table that they've made themselves to take away with them

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Knowledge required

Beginner friendly, but challenging enough to keep experienced woodworkers interested too

Location

8-10 Beeching Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, England

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Loose Fit Furniture

Loose Fit was started in 2018 by James Torble b.1990 England, with the aim of creating beautiful furniture in British grown wood.

Loose Fit furniture is lovingly designed and crafted in James’ workshop in East Sussex. James is a maker fascinated by his craft and the possibilities of what can be created in British wood.

James designs and makes furniture to be fun to live with, while being sensitive to the demands of natural timber. He takes design inspiration from a wide range of sources, from English pub furniture to Aztec friezes. All Loose Fit furniture is joined by hand using traditional techniques with thoughtful and playful details which accentuate the natural robust beauty of solid timber.

Each piece of furniture is made by hand, using locally sourced British hardwoods, such as unwanted trees that councils have cut down. The skills of traditional joinery are kept alive with playful designs, well considered details and a love of crafting wood.

Loose Fit furniture fits with a range of lifestyles and can move from place to place as life progresses. Rather than making expensive fitted furniture with a large amount of labour and installation costs, Loose Fit free-standing furniture can be made efficiently in the workshop with higher quality natural materials and a better quality of construction.

James has a background in fine art, having studied at Central Saint Martins College, London, before building himself a houseboat and developing a passion for furniture and design in the process.