Work with your head, heart and hands.

Lomandra Place Studios - Creative Woodworking at Coolum Beach. Woodworking, sculpture and visual art studio of Ross Annels on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Woodworking and furniture making classes, workshops and masterclasses with Ross and visiting artists.


Upcoming Classes and Workshops


Powered Up (fine) woodworking - Machinery Fundamentals 2023

An introduction to machine tool woodworking, covering the safe and accurate use of basic static wood machinery.

10-5 Sat Apr 15 - Fri Apr 21 2023

Learn to use standard machine tools to safely create fine furniture.

We will prepare timber with the bandsaw, surface planer, thickness planer, and cut joinery with mortisers, routers, drill press, panel saw and spindle moulder.

You will practice techniques while we work through creating a studio stool with angled joinery.

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Chairmaking Workshop

A course for intermediate and advanced woodworkers.

This class is being rescheduled- new dates to be advised.

Let Ross guide you through the process of designing and making a chair. Along the way we will investigate ergonomics, design, shaping and bending timber, joinery options, making jigs and fixtures and simple upholstery. Requires woodworking experience, we recommend having at least completed a hand tools fundamentals course, and an introductory wood machining course before undertaking a chair. Class size limited