Students are familiarised with the diverse properties and extensive uses of wood in the carpentry workshop. The natural material satisfies practical requirements while providing creative space for students to develop a personal approach to the material.
The carpentry workshop offers a basic course in woodcraft. During this introductory course artisan techniques are taught and experimental applications explored to allow students to realise their own projects on this basis.
Facilities
- Six workbenches with specific hand tools (saws, chisels, clamps etc.)
- Power tools: cordless screwdriver, jig saw, hand-held circular saw, impact drilling machine, biscuit joiner, router, vacuum cleaner
- Floorstanding machines: box column drill, fretsaw, chop saw, Tormek sander, slot mortising machine, veneer press
- Machine room with circular saw, band saw, combined planer/sizer, milling machine, disc sander, belt sander
Course content
- Safe working with hand-held tools: power hand tools and woodworking machines
- Learning special techniques: turning, inlaid work, bending, grinding of cutting tools etc.
- Building displays for exhibition presentations (e.g. frames, plinths, wall mounts)
