VWA Updates
Member Feature: Benjamin Reddan
VWA member Benjamin Reddan, is a furniture designer maker who works from his Yarra Valley studio. He creates both unique bespoke and batch run pieces that are sold across Melbourne and interstate. Benjamin completed studies …
School updates and regular announcements
Check our latest school updates and announcements.
SOME WOOD-SNIFFER HIGHLIGHTS OF A TASMANIAN ROAD TRIP
Delve into our latest article, “Some Wood Sniffer Highlights of a Tasmanian Road Trip”, by Michael Crozier. Follow his journey from Design Tasmania in Launceston to the aromatic smells of Huon Pine from the sawmill in Strahan.
School updates and regular announcements
Improvements around the VWA workshop: Workshop Manager Liam Thomas recently organised a working bee day at the Wood Design Centre with the VWA’s Artists in Residence. Over the course of 2 days the WDC machine …
VWA’s History by Hamish Hill
GNAWING AWAY AT THE PAST Any spare moments in recent weeks have been spent sorting and organizing 15 or so file boxes of VWA files, folders, catalogues and loose pages of VWA records and memorabilia. …
Student Work: open project classes, highlighting current student work
The VWA offers students the opportunity to choose their own projects which can be worked on over the course of one term or several. Take a glimpse at some of the work that has been going on lately at the Meat Market in North Melbourne.
Introducing our new Workshop Manager Liam Thomas
We are very excited to be announcing VWA’s newly appointed Workshop Manager, Liam Thomas. We are all thrilled to have Liam on board, and look forward to having him around at the Wood Design Centre. …
The history of the Victorian Woodworker’s Association
Introduction from the President of the VWA, Stephen Ziguras: The VWA is 43 years old this year with a rich and varied history. We’ve often talked of trying to document some of our history and …
Workshop Manager
The Victorian Woodworkers Association (VWA) is seeking a Workshop Manager to manage the machinery and workshop at the Wood Design Centre in Tyrone St North Melbourne. The Manager will have overall responsibility for maintaining machinery …
WDC Entrance Upgrade
Over the last few months the WDC has seen a big clean up. A skip was organised in January by one of our Artists in Residence Raven, who with the help of other members, removed …