Studio Woodworkers Australia (SWA) is a community celebrating craftsmanship. We support sustainability through the sensitive use of timber. The functional and beautiful objects we craft are designed to be passed through generations. Join us as either a client or a practitioner.

 

“Craftsmanship is a way of thinking and doing where humanity is in tune with nature, not working against it.”
Gaynor Strachan Chun, Craftsmanship Quarterly

Studio Woodworkers Australia Limited (SWA) was established to promote Australia’s finest designer makers and artists working in wood and the values that sustain makers for a life dedicated to studio practice, embracing a fine tradition of high craft that seeks to express the qualities of a living material, forming an holistic way to live.

SWA supports The World Craft Council Australia

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Explore makers

Studio Woodworkers Australia offers a comprehensive directory of our makers. You can browse the directory and contact our craftspeople directly to arrange a purchase.

Adrian Potter

SA

Alby Johnston

NSW

Andrew Pinnock

NSW

Ben Percy

NSW

Chris Neal

NSW

Richard Crosland

NSW

Damion Fauser

QLD

Darren Fry

SA

Darren Oates

NSW

David Mac Laren

NSW

David Muston

NSW

David Upfill-Brown

NSW

Evan Dunstone

NSW

Grant Vaughan

NSW

Ian Higgs

VIC

Isao Takezawa

NSW

Kanun Onsel

NSW

Peter Bollington

ACT

Peter Young

QLD

Phoebe Everill

VIC

Raf Nathan

QLD

Ruth Thompson

NSW

Rolf Barfoed

ACT

Ross Williamson

QLD

Roy Schack

QLD

Silvio Apponyi

South Australia

Stuart Faulkner

NSW

Thirston Morris

NSW

Tim Noone

NSW

Tony Kenway

NSW

Warwick Jones

NSW

Warwick Wright

NSW

William Matthysen

VIC

Words from Clients

Peter Hastings, Cremorne
We commissioned a hall table to suit a newly acquired table lamp. We talked through various timber species and designs with two full scale models being prepared before the deciding on the final design. The result of the collaboration between...
Anna and Rose Turnbull, Berrima
We commissioned a piece through the SWA website in 2018. The piece is well designed and superbly made. The overall proportions of the whole piece and its elements are elegant and pleasing to the eye; the timbers used are complementary...

Latest Blog

Edge

"Edge" is an exhibition of Accredited Members of SWA. 16 February to 29 March 2020 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong. The heartland of accepted practice is well defined, but new insights take place at the periphery.  This exhibition is an invitation to...

06 Feb 2020
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AGM and Members Forum

Will Matthysen welcomed the 20 members to the AGM and Members Forum on 22 September. David MacLaren, proprietor of Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, was elected as a director of Studio Woodworker Australia Limited replacing Darren Fry . Members passed a resolution...

20 Dec 2019
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