smartBoxmaker 2025 courses schedule:

a full list of currently available course dates
NB: updated 16/12/2024:

2025:

Jan 18th/19th – curved box introduction weekend
Jan 25th/26th: inlaying weekend
Feb 3rd-8th: curved box course – part 1, construction and veneering, 6 days
Feb 10th-14th: curved box course – part 2, inlaying, 5 days
Feb 22nd/23rd: curved box introduction weekend
March 1st/2nd: french polishing weekend
March 10th-15th: curved box course – part 1, construction and veneering, 6 days
March 17th-21st: curved box course – part 2, inlaying, 5 days
March 29th/30th: rectangular box weekend
April 9th-14th: rectangular box long course, 6 days
April 26th/27th: curved box introduction weekend
May 4th-9th: curved box course – part 1, construction and veneering, 6 days
May 11th-15th: curved box course – part 2, inlaying, 5 days
May 21st-26th: rectangular box long course, 6 days
June 7th/8th: inlay weekend
June 17th-22nd: curved box – part 1, construction and veneering, 6 days
June 24th-28th: curved box course – part 2, inlaying, 5 days

• full descriptions of these courses are on my ‘which course?’ page.
• dates for the second half of 2025 will be posted in towards the end of January.

booking your place:

please note that I don’t take bookings on the site as I used to, so If you’d like to book a place on any of the courses above please let me know your preference from the payment options below and I will invoice you as appropriate.

feel free to email me or call me on +44 (0) 1694 781318 if you’d like to discuss the options.

charges:

please note that these prices hold for all bookings confirmed until the end of December – new prices will take effect from January 1st, 2025

weekends:

cost is £395 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit [£120] with the balance on attending [£275]
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [£355]

6 day:

cost is £895 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit [£270] with the balance on attending [£625]
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [£800]

7 day:

cost is £995 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit [£295] with the balance on attending [£700]
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [£895]

11 day [6 day + 5 day]:

cost is £1,350 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit [£400] with the balance on attending [£950]
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [£1,215]

one-to-one:

cost is £350 per day, £675 for 2 days or £975 for 3 days – and for more days add £325 per day.

after dates have been agreed you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit of the total with the balance on attending
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10%