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A bookcase in American walnut, made while at the Barnsley Workshop

A bookcase in American walnut, made while at the Barnsley Workshop

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2022 Course Dates:

Our long course intake months are March & September. Occasionally we can take students outside these intake dates. If you wanted to ‘try before you buy’ we offer a very popular Taster Week at £650 which is refunded on booking a long course. The 2022 Taster Week dates are ready to book.

New for 2022 – 12 Week Summer School, booking now!

We have a variety of Weekend Classes running throughout 2022.

Looking for gift vouchers to purchase for our short courses?

Please email us if you have any questions. Include your ‘phone number too please!

Booking Courses T&Cs

Please ensure you have read the Terms and Conditions for booking courses before making a payment:

Booking Terms and Conditions 2022 – PDF 291Kb

Booking-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf.

Long Courses

  • 12 Week Furniture Makers’ Course

    The 12 week course is intended as an introduction to furniture making and covers all the basics. After the course you only need practice, determination and imagination. Start: 14th March & 5th September 2022 | Cost £7,500.

  • 12 Week Summer School 2022
    12 week courses

    16th May – 5th August 2022 The summer school course is intended as an introduction to furniture making and covers all the basic skills needed to become a successful maker. After the course you will only need practice, determination, and imagination! Cost £7,500.

  • 24 Week Furniture Makers’ Course

    The 24 week course covers all the same elements as the 12 week but allows more time to complete your projects, and will give you much needed practice whilst having support and advice when it is needed. Start: 14th March & 5th September 2022 | Cost £12,500.

  • 50 Week Furniture Design & Makers’ Course

    This one year course is aimed at those who are looking for a big change in their life. Do you wonder if you have the creativity and the ambition to run your own business? We’ll teach you everything you need to know, right from the beginning. Start: 14th March & 5th September 2022 | Cost […]

  • 50 Week Furniture Making Only Course
    Marc Fish leading a talk

    This one year course is aimed at those who are interested in making and crafting, and might be keen to work as a maker for a designer in the future. We’ll teach you everything you need to know, right from the basics. Start: 14th March & 5th September 2022 | Cost £18,000.

  • Advanced 50 Week Furniture Design & Makers’ Course
    Andrew Strickland RHS cabinet making student

    This one year course is aimed at those who are already trained or self taught, and are looking to push themselves. Do you wonder if you have the creativity and the ambition to run your own business? We’ll help you to expand your knowledge and put it into practice. Start: 14th March & 5th September […]

One Week Taster Course

  • An Introduction to Handtools and Furniture Making
    one week taster tray making

    28 Feb-4 Mar 2022, 11-15 April 2022 & 20-24 June 2022. An introduction to handtools and furniture making. No previous experience is required, just plenty of enthusiasm! Sign-up for a one week taster course before committing to a full time 12, 24 or 50 week course and receive the one week course fee refunded against the cost of the longer course.

Weekend Classes

  • Laminating Weekend Class
  • Making Jigs & Templates
  • Making the Perfect Dovetails Weekend Class
  • Wood Carving with the Wood Warlock
  • Make a Wooden Hand Plane with Theo Cook
  • French Polishing with Derek Jones
  • Steam Bending with Charlie Whinney – 1 Day
  • Wood Finishing Weekend Class
  • Veneering One Day Course
  • Carbon Fibre and Composites Weekend Class
  • Japanese Toolbox with Derek Jones
  • Cricket Table
  • Make A Six Board Chest with Derek Jones
  • Introduction to Hand Tools for Furniture Making
  • Spindle Moulding Weekend Class
  • Wood Machining Weekend Class

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Students' Work

Student work at robinson house studio

View some of the stunning student work produced at robinson house studio.

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Testimonials

My year course at Robinson House Studio has been a very valuable experience thanks to the high quality learning environment that Marc Fish offers to his students. Marc adapts his teaching to each individual according to their skills and confidence, taking care of our progress with infinite patience. I found Marc’s passionate approach to furniture design & making a vibrant artistic echo to explore my own creative expectations, and to turn my design ideas into consistent furniture pieces. I apprec… Read more
Thibaut Degenne
Prior to my time at robinson house studio I had worked as a carpenter both on site and in a workshop. I realised I wanted to pursue making bespoke fine furniture and felt that a course with Marc at the studio offered in-depth cabinet making tuition as well as the opportunity to explore design. It certainly proved to be an exciting environment to be a part of, with emphasis on contemporary design and the use of innovative new materials and techniques.
Luke Olney
Having worked in Software Engineering for a lifetime, I wanted to develop practical skills with tangible results and hopefully make something I could be proud of. The course has provided me with an insight into the exacting standards necessary to create fine furniture and is equipping me with the key skills. I have particularly enjoyed Marc’s enthusiasm for the design elements, his encouragement to challenge traditional design and to be open to a breadth of inputs/influences.
Gordon White
I followed Marc’s 12 week course and am delighted with what I learned and achieved. Marc is an excellent teacher. He is thorough and patient and adapts his advice well to the ability and confidence of each and every student.
Duncan White
Having left school to join the creative industry, I wasn’t sure where to start. After researching areas, I was interested in I found that Marc’s courses and ‘robinson house studio’ were exactly what I was looking for as I wanted to explore various elements of design within the industry. When I found Marc’s course online we had a long chat about what I can achieve within the course, what his work entails, his design philosophy and teaching method. It was an easy choice after that to sig… Read more
Christian Watson
During my time at Robinson house studio I learnt how to combine traditional making techniques with modern design.
Dan Ryder Cook

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We have a french polishing course with Derek Jones We have a french polishing course with Derek Jones coming up soon on the 19th July. Don't miss this chance to further your woodworking finishing skills. Derek Jones has a wealth of experience and is also the author of French Polishing, Finishing & Restoring Using Traditional Techniques. The cost of the one day course is £195 You can book straight on to the course via our website. https://marcfish.co.uk/french-polishing-with-derek-jones/ @lowfatroubo #frenchpolishing #woodworking #wood #shellac #finishcarpentry #cabinetmaker #maker #learn #newskill #create #craft #wax #furnituremaker #furniture #bespokefurniture #bespoke #handskills #wax #finish #woodlove #woodworkers #woodworkersofinstagram #furnituredesign #furnitureschool #finefurniture #luxuryhomes #diy #interiors #lovewood #grain #grainisgood
This stunning Laminated oak coffee table was made This stunning Laminated oak coffee table was made at the workshop by Chris Whateley as his final piece for his 50 week furniture making course with us. @christopherwdesign The workshop has become renowned for its us of the technique of laminating using the quality products of @airpressdevelopments to create these fantastic curves. check them out they sell many other accessories. #create #skills #furnituremaking #bespokefurniture #furnituredesigner #furnitureschool #design #designer #studentwork #cabinetmaker #luxury #interior #woodworking #Training #graduate #coffeetable #bespoke
This lovely whiskey cabinet was designed and made This lovely whiskey cabinet was designed and made by former 50 weeks student Tom Darby @tom.darby.design It was made in brown oak, rippled maple, copper and gold leaf. #create #finewoodworking #woodfinishes #bespokefurniture #finefurniture #furnitureschool #craftsmanship #skills #designer #furnituredesigner #design #training #woodcraft #handskills #cabinetmaker #dowoodworking #bespokedesign #woodart #studentwork #furnituremaking #luxury #whiskey #Jura #scottishwhiskey #drinkscabinet #scotland
Spotlight on to Jed Corbet @jed_designermaker who Spotlight on to Jed Corbet @jed_designermaker who graduated from our 50 week Furniture makers and designers course last year, pictured with his amazing coffee table, Jed is now working for the world renowned Silverlining Company that is based in Wrexham, Jed was one of the youngest students that we have had to join us and had decided that he would train with us instead of going to university with the view to securing a job with Silverlining back near his home town. Well he did get the job at Silverlining, well done Jed it's so good to see how well our students do after training with us.
'Norman' This lovely gin cabinet made by @luscott 'Norman' This lovely gin cabinet made by @luscottdesign as her final piece. "This gin cabinet will always mean a great deal to me. My final project at Robinson House Studio. " Lu is now off on her next adventure working for an amazing company ........details to follow well done Lu! Made from oak and with cane detail on the doors and copper handles. A lovely cabinet to keep a nice supply of good quality Gin in, who doesn't like a nice Gin and tonic? #furnitureschool #luxury #woodfinishes #interiors #bespokefurniture #craftsmanship #interior #design #designer #finefurniture #furnituredesigner #finewoodworking #style #decor #interiorstyling #gin
The Checkerboard is the trend for interior items t The Checkerboard is the trend for interior items this 2022 Spring. Right on trend.......... Showcasing this beautifully handcrafted chessboard and box by James Stanbridge @stanbridgej_maker who recently graduated from our fine furniture making school. Made in sycamore and Velcromat with bleached and dyed rippled sycamore veneer staggered between multiple layers of glass. This chessboard is to be admired and displayed as well as played and would look world class in any home. This was @stanbridgej_maker first project whilst completing his training with us at robinson house studio and we think he did a really good job, a very beautiful bespoke handcrafted finished piece. #luxury #trend #styling #fashion #interiors #checkerboard #checkmate #chess #boardgames #handcrafted #spring #gameofkings #interior #spotontrend #king #queen # #woodfinishes #bespokefurniture #craftsmanship #furnitureschool #design #finefurniture #furnituredesigner #woodcraft #furnituredesign #graduate #veneers #finewoodworking #sycamore #bespokedesign
There is still time to book on to this amazing cou There is still time to book on to this amazing course to learn the technique of wood laminating. As laminating is more accurate than steam bending, it is an ideal technique for combining more curvy work with fine cabinet making. The course is taught by Marc Fish who has years of perfecting this technique and who is known world wide for his beautifully crafted pieces. You will have the chance to have a close look at some of his pieces that are in his workshop. The course 14th - 15th May Cost is £295.00 Book straight on to the course via our website link in bio short courses robinson house studio #furnituremaker #woodworker #furniture #woodwork #craftsmanship #handmade #design #woodfinishes #Training #finefurniture #workshop #woodworking #furnitureschool #tools #bespokefurniture #luxury #craft #training #designer #furnituredesigner #contemporaryfurniture #sculpture
This striking piece was made here at the school by This striking piece was made here at the school by our former student Richard Warmisham @madeby68ltd who graduated from our school nearly 8 years ago. He now runs his own very successful business in London having completed our 50 weeks furniture design and makers course back in 2015. Inspired by the Memphis movement of the early 80's and the Art Deco period in the 1920's, Richard not only created something entirely unique that draws from both periods but have coined this new style as "Pop Deco". This chest of drawers is hand veneered with fumed oak. The traditionally made drawers are solid sycamore with cedar of Lebanon bases. The use of striking and highly polished @coriandesign not only gives a 'pop' of colour but articulates our unique design @madeby68ltd Richard can be seen in the second image with The Blade table in his new workshop and studio space in London, Richard signed the lease to his new workshop in July 2021, giving him the space to expand and grow his business further providing bench space and the ability to produce larger pieces. Richard embarked on his training as a furniture maker after having had a career researching politics in Westminster, so definitely the right move! to pursue his new and more creative career, If you have been thinking about a career change do get in contact info@marcfish.co.uk #furnituremaker #woodworking #furnituredesigner #Training #furnitureschooluk #design #furnitureschool #bespokefurniture #handskills #graduate #finefurniture #contemporaryfurniture #designer #furnituredesign #furnituremaking #luxury #woodworker #tools #training #craft #finewoodworking #fine
James Stanbridge who recently graduated from our 5 James Stanbridge who recently graduated from our 50 week furniture designer maker course is shown here, James is now working for Marc Fish @marcfishdesign as his first job after graduating. It so exciting to see the students going on to use their skills that they have learnt and putting them to good use. We will be showcasing some of the students who have gone on to work in some really good workshops in the UK after finishing with us. Give @stanbridgej_maker a follow on instagram. If you are a furniture design workshop in the UK looking for furniture makers to join your team, do get in contact via email and we would be happy to share any opportunities with our graduates. Drop me an email admin@marcfish.co.uk #finefurniture #furnitureschooluk #furnituremaking #bespokefurniture #furnituremaker #graduate #handskills #design #contemporaryfurniture #furniture #furnituredesign #Training #designer #woodworking #furnitureschool #furnituredesigner
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