We run a small number of Masterclasses in our workshop every year. Our three key courses are our Summer Hand Tools Masterclass, our Production Masterclass and our Design & Development Masterclass. A Private Mentoring Session is available at any time. Join our mailing list to keep up to date with our offerings.
Private Mentoring Session
I’m regularly asked for small bits of advice and I’d never discourage simple questions. Just email me evan@dunstonedesign.com.au.
Some of you have more complex questions and you hold back because you don’t wish to impose. I’ve developed the Private Mentoring Session so you can “ask me anything” without feeling uncomfortable about it. More info here:
Private Project Assistance
$170.50 incl GST
Canadian Master Craftsman Michael C. Fortune leads our flagship masterclass, Design & Development, in 2022. Design & Development encourages a clear response to a well-articulated brief through the sensitive use of material and the appropriate application of technique. This course is open to woodworking enthusiasts, aspiring professional and established professional makers. "The value of a [...]
Summer Hand Tools is back for 2023! You will be making a Dunstone Design style hall table featuring through-wedged-tenons, mitred bridal joints, butterfly keys and hand shaping. You will learn sharpening, blade geometry, accurate marking out, hand fitting joinery, planing, gluing up techniques, finishing, precision sawing, using a shooting board, chisel work and much, much [...]
Summer Hand Tools is back for 2023! You will be making a Dunstone Design style hall table featuring through-wedged-tenons, mitred bridal joints, butterfly keys and hand shaping. You will learn sharpening, blade geometry, accurate marking out, hand fitting joinery, planing, gluing up techniques, finishing, precision sawing, using a shooting board, chisel work and much, much [...]
I’m delighted to welcome back master designer/maker Adam Rogers for Design & Development 2023. When we did Design & Development in 2019, we offered a one-week and a two-week option. It was a great mix but a logistical nightmare! So many people signed on for the first week that several people missed out on the [...]
I’m delighted to welcome back master designer/maker Adam Rogers for Design & Development 2023. Design & Development is our flagship masterclass. The course is our opportunity to give Australian woodworkers access to world class ideas and facilities. This is a rare opportunity for makers to develop personally and professionally. Design & Development takes place over [...]
Our Production Masterclass is Dunstone Design’s way to share some of our specialist knowledge with the wider woodworking community. Using our multi-award-winning Waterfall Stool as a teaching aid, you’ll learn how to design for production, how to configure and employ a wide range of jigs, how to work as a team and how to safely [...]
We’ve programmed Comprehensive Woodworking to be a wholistic one-week over-view of the craft of woodwork. This is the core information that every woodworker needs. It's the vital information that we teach our apprentices at the beginning of their training. So many woodworkers pick up their knowledge in a piecemeal way. They learn misinformation, pickup bad [...]
Are you seeking a little help on a challenging project? Are you lacking a specific piece of equipment, or are you after guidance on certain techniques? Perhaps you want some input on a design? Maybe you just need another set of hands (and a little advice) for a complex glue-up? Come and enjoy the Dunstone [...]
This year’s Dunstone Design Workshop Open Day is going to include a pop-up handtool event. American hand tool expert and educator Curtis Turner will be visiting our workshop and demonstrating with Lie-Nielsen tools. Anthony Powell from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Australia will be in attendance with a healthy stock of tools for sale. Brisbane maker Damion Fauser [...]
This January, we are offering something a bit different and a bit special. Join Evan for two weeks for Summer Hand Tools 2026 making a blackwood wall-hung cabinet using primarily hand tools. The class is limited to just 5 students. While you work on your cabinets with Evan, Dunstone Design makers Alex MacFarlane and Owen [...]
This four-hour hands-on class, presented by Curtis Turner from Lie-Nielsen USA, will focus on the selection, set up, sharpening and usage of Lie-Nielsen planes. You will use block planes, smoothing planes, shoulder, and router planes. You will learn proper planing techniques, the proper sequence for flattening a board, shooting and material holding methods. You will [...]
This four-hour hands-on class, presented by Curtis Turner from Lie-Nielsen USA, will focus on the selection, set up, sharpening and usage of Lie-Nielsen planes. You will use block planes, smoothing planes, shoulder, and router planes. You will learn proper planing techniques, the proper sequence for flattening a board, shooting and material holding methods. You will [...]