12 week Furniture Making
12 weeks
An intensive and highly practical 12 week course suitable for complete beginners. In addition to learning hand skills, students also design and make a piece of furniture under expert supervision.
The Boat Building Academy has been teaching furniture making since 2008, over the last 12 years the popular 12 week course has taught over 200 students how to make fine furniture.
12 weeks
An intensive and highly practical 12 week course suitable for complete beginners. In addition to learning hand skills, students also design and make a piece of furniture under expert supervision.
12 weeks
Tailored for intermediate makers: Explore woodworking techniques including furniture construction, steam-bending, CAD, project design/development, and business studies. In the last four weeks, you will make a piece of furniture to your design.
2-5 Days
The BBA Furniture School runs a popular programme of 2-to-5-day short courses in woodworking, aimed at all skill levels, whether for beginners or the more experienced. We also run courses in marquetry, antique furniture restoration and bench making.
Our flagship 40 week Boat Building course teaches men and women how to build boats to industry standards.
Visit the Boat Building AcademyThe last week of the Advanced Furniture Making course. The four students are busy working on their final project pieces before their exhibition on Friday.
To mark our 25th anniversary, the Boat Building Academy will be opening up the workshop doors for an Open Day on Saturday 7th May 11:00-16:00. We’ll have boats and furniture made by our students on display, interactive demonstrations, and the opportunity to meet the people who make up the...
Please join us on Friday 8th April 15:30-18:00 for the exhibition of work by the January 12 week Advanced Furniture Making class. The students will be displaying their final projects as well as several pieces made as part of their training on the course.