Gaku - Picture Frame with Wedged Tenon - Koitoya Woodworking Class 2025

Picture Frame Making - Woodwork for Fun

This is a 1-day course

$298 inc. GST

30 August, Saturday, 2025

For anyone who wants to have fun and take unique joinery piece home!

Technical aspects - through mortise & tenon making, chisel works

Content

Making Picture Frame with wedged through tenon.

Well suited for beginners.

Simply having fun in the workshop for a day!

Picture Frame

Gaku means a picture frame. The design is inspired by Wedged mortice and tenon joinery. 

The basic design includes a few interesting skills, wedged mortice and tenon and the opportunity to use a few types of machines.

The size of the frame is set to hold a 5" x 7" picture.

This class is not focused on technical development but more for fun.

This class suits beginners. 

Come and have fun making a wedged tenon picture frame!

You will gain the following from signing up

1. A Picture Frame with mat board cut to hold a 5" x 7" (150 x 175mm) picture.
2. Hands-on experience with Wedge Tennon joinery.
3. Machine works: Mortiser experience. 
4. Hand works: Japanese chisel experience, using Japanese saw and plane to make wedges.
5. 2mm Acrylic sheet: precut, supplied.
6. Matt paper: precut to 5" x 7", supplied.
7. 3mm MDF: backboard, supplied.
8. Fixing staples: supplied.

Date (1 occasion)

30 August 2025(Sat)

Time

1 day, 7 hours in total

9:00-12:00 | 13:00-17:00

* Please be flexible with your schedule after the class. Sometimes your project requires extra time to finish.

Schedule

AM: ​Picking material, Lectures, Machine work

PM: Handwork, Fitting, Sanding, Oiling

Lecturer

Clare Solomon (KOITOYA Design/Make/Teach)

Koitoya full time furniture maker. 

Graduated from ANU School of Art, Furniture. Clare has been active artist exhibiting their own work.

Clare has been working fulltime with Hiroshi since 2016.

Clare did a 6-month long residency with Shinrin-Takumi-Jyuku, school for commercial woodworking, and with Tak Yoshino at Mt. Fuji School of Fine Wood Working in 2023.

John Lane (KOITOYA Design/Make/Teach)
Koitoya full time furniture maker. Graduated from ANU School of Art, Furniture.

John has long career since 2003 working in the furniture industry.

Also he lived in Kanazawa - city for years.

Fee

$298

Class size

Maximum 8

Location

Koitoya Design/Make/Teach (Fyshwick, ACT)

Address

4/18 Maryborough Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609

Parking

Please park your car in the public parking area along Maryborough Street (Free), opposite J Racing.

We have two parking spots officially. Please contact me for the spot if you need to walk less for your health condition.

Way to the workshop

18 Maryborough Street is a battle axe block, located inside of the block, so you will be walking through the driveway that leads to the block from Maryborough Street.

The driveway has 2 accesses, one next to, and one next to Tania Maras Bridal, and one next to J Racing.

Unit 4 is a blue painted building on the right-hand side of the block.

Way to the workshop

18 Maryborough Street is a battle-axe block, so you will be walking through the driveway that leads to the block from Maryborough Street.

The driveway has 2 accesses, one next to Burning Log, and one next to Sunrise Church.

Unit 4 is a blue painted building on the right-hand side of the block.

To bring

Please wear working shoes.

Bring your own water bottle and lunch.

Things to be supplied

Tea and coffee, snacks, filtered water

Refund Policy

Personal cancelation

Refunds up to 14 days before the event

Humanitix fee is nonrefundable.

for more information, please contact Hiroshi

koitoya@gmail.com / 0412340619

KOITOYA Design/Make/Teach