VWA Meets

The VWA hosts meetings during the year on a wide variety of topics of interest to woodworkers. These might be workshop visits, product demonstrations, talks by makers or visits to timber manufacturing facilities.

As a member, you can also join Design Club. A monthly online meeting to practise design thinking and design communication skills.


UPCOMING IN 2026

We’re in full planning mode for this year’s member meetings, and it’s shaping up to be a strong program. We will release further details and confirmed dates in our future newsletters. If you haven’t already, you can subscribe here

WHATWHEN
DESIGN CLUB
Design Club is an opportunity to practise design thinking and design communication skills in a supportive environment.

Online Meetings via Zoom happen every 3rd Monday of the month – Find out more and register here
HNT Gordon
Handplanes and Handtools Demonstration and Q&A

Sunday 11th October 2026. – Find out more and pre-register here
AGM + Vic Wood Award Winner Lauren Henderson
“Learnings from Japan” Presentation

Wednesday 28th October 2026
End of Year Artists Presentation
Join us to hear from our artists in residence about what they have been up to this year. Margot Feast, Wanda Gillespie, Freddy Mata Mendoza, Caleb Biffanti, Emily McRae.

Sunday 6th December 2026. Find out more and pre-register here.

Latest Meet

Members Meeting – Crafted Hardwood & Like Butter

When

Where
Victorian Woodworking Association
5 Tyrone street, North Melbourne VIC 3051

Join us this month for our members’ meeting with Crafted Hardwoods. 

You already know what good timber can do in the right hands, but have you ever wondered what happens to timber that gets graded out on the mill floor, before it’s had a fair shot at anything else? Crafted Hardwoods has built a business around exactly that timber, turning overlooked, lower-grade resources into solid engineered hardwood, made right here using a process no one else in Australia is running.

On Sunday 23 August, Darren Minto from Crafted Hardwoods joins us for a hands-on look at how the material is made and what it can do, alongside Jem Selig Freeman of Like Butter, whose KittaParts shelving system now runs on Crafted Hardwoods’ Blackbutt dowels.

It’s a good one for anyone curious about where timber’s heading, and what’s possible when you rethink where your material comes from.

Meeting Details:
Date: Sunday 23rd August
Time: 1-3pm – Presentation and Q&A.
Location: VWA Wood Design Centre, 5 Tyrone Street, North Melbourne. Map

Not based in Melbourne or can’t make it to North Melbourne on the day?

Join our Zoom livestream. RSVP for details.

Snacks and soft drinks will be provided.

Past Meets

2026
23 Aug 2026 Members Meeting – Crafted Hardwood & Like Butter
29 Jul 2026 Members Meeting – Charlotte Litteck
28 Jun 2026 Members Meeting – Oslek Coatings
23 May 2026 Melbourne Design Week 2026
12 Apr 2026 Glen Arm Trees Field Trip 2026
2025
03 Dec 2025 Artists in Residence – End of Year Presentation – 2025
29 Oct 2025 AGM & CERES Fair Wood Presentation – 2025
26 Aug 2025 August Members Meeting  – “How Do You Price That?” Panel discussion
24 Jun 2025 June Members Meeting
27 Mar 2025 March Members Meeting
27 Feb 2025 First Members Meeting of 2025
2024
05 Dec 2024 End of Year Artist in Residence Presentations
23 Oct 2024 AGM
The Vintage Tool Shop visit
07 Feb 2024 Eyes of the Skin
2023
05 Dec 2023 Meet#61 – End of Year Presentations
25 Oct 2023 Meet#60 – AGM
27 Sep 2023 Meet#59 – Behind the scenes of professional woodworking.
13 May 2023 Meet#58 – May Members Meeting.
18 Feb 2023 Meet#57 – Members Meeting: Rubio Monocoat Information Session.
2022
13 Dec 2022 Meet#56 – 2022 End of Year meetup & Artists in Residence presentation.
29 Oct 2022 Meet#55 – Member’s Meeting, Ceres Fair Wood. 
2020
27 Feb 2020 Meet#54 “Alma Doepel” Schooner Restoration
2019
23 Nov 2019 Meet#53 Steamrail Victoria
28 Aug 2019 Meet#52 FSC Accreditation of Victorian Native timber Harvesting
2018
24 Oct 2018 Meet#51 Veritas Tools Demonstration
2017
13 Dec 2017 Meet#50 Tenant Presentations
25 Oct 2017 Meet#49 Exhibition Floor Walk and Annual General Meeting
27 Sep 2017 Meet#48 Visit to Bern Chandley’s Workshop
26 Jul 2017 Meet#47 David Upfill-Brown: A Lot of Wood and Some Stone
24 May 2017 Meet#46 Screening of ‘Creswick’
26 Apr 2017 Meet#45 Benjamin Reddan’s Workshop
22 Mar 2017 Meet#44 Workshop visit to Vesper Tools
22 Feb 2017 Meet#43 Pianos Recycled
2016
23 Nov 2016 Meet#42 Artefact Furniture Visit
26 Oct 2016 Meet#41 2016 Annual General Meeting
29 Sep 2016 Meet#40 Tour of Maton Guitars Workshop
22 Jun 2016 Meet#39 Kevin Inkster, CEO Arbortech : Ideas into Products
18 May 2016 Meet#38 Why Timber Changes Colour
27 Apr 2016 Meet#37 Visit to Andrew Potocnik’s Workshop
23 Mar 2016 Meet#36 Makers’ floor talk at Create from a Crate Exhibition
24 Feb 2016 Meet#35 Timbecon
2015
23 May 2015 Meet#34 Tenant Presentations
22 Oct 2014 Meet#33 2015 Annual General Meeting
23 May 2015 Meet#32 Visit to Timberwood Panels, Plywood Fabricators
23 May 2015 Meet#31 Phoebe Everill The design process: from idea to product
23 May 2015 Meet#30 Visit to: Timber Zoo – Recycled Timber Warehouse
25 Jun 2014 Meet#29 Ray Bellette of Natural Timber Oils
25 Mar 2015 Meet#28 Phoebe Everill The design process: from idea to product
25 Feb 2015 Meet#27 Joe Chester Treehorn Design
2014
22 Oct 2014 Meet#26 Jugo Ilic
22 Oct 2014 Meet#25 2014 Annual General Meeting
25 Jun 2014 Meet#24 Ray Bellette of Natural Timber Oils
20 May 2014 Meet#23 Hamish Hill Guided Workshop Tour
28 May 2013 Meet#22 Dan Wollmering presentation to members
18 Feb 2014 Meet#21 Floor talk by makers of works on display at the Create from a Crate Exhibition.
2013
11 Dec 2013 Meet#20 Christmas Drinks at the Meat Market
27 Nov 2013 Meet#19 BBQ at Australian Recycled Timber
25 Sep 2013 Meet#18 Susan Wraight
28 May 2013 Meet#17 Timothy McLeod
23 Apr 2013 Meet#16 Christian Cole Furniture
26 Mar 2013 Meet#15 Ashley Ericksmoen
2012
11 Dec 2012 Meet#14 2012 Christmas Drinks
30 Oct 2012 Meet#13 Blueprint Furniture
23 Oct 2012 Meet#12 2012 Annual General Meeting
04 Sep 2012 Meet#11 Fisher Cricket Bats
26 Jun 2012 Meet#10 Meet the Tenants
29 May 2012 Meet#9 Dharpa Djama Woodwork
01 May 2012 Meet#8 A Special VWA Event
28 Feb 2012 Meet#7 Will Goodsir Workshop
2011
13 Dec 2011 Meet#6 2011 Christmas Drinks
25 Oct 2011 Meet#5 2011 Annual General Meeting
23 Aug 2011 Meet#4 A presentation by Andrew Potocnik, Wood turner
28 Jun 2011 Meet#3 Woodworking in the Internet Age: Stephen Farquhar
19 Apr 2011 Meet#2 Adam Stewart Workshop
22 Feb 2011 Meet#1 Mark Tuckey Furniture

Contact Us

Victorian Woodworkers Association (VWA)
Postal Address

42 Courtney St,
North Melbourne, VIC 3051

VWA Wood Design Centre and Workshop

5 Tyrone St,
North Melbourne, VIC 3051
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