Autumn Workshop Tour // Join a Tour of Thor’s Hammer
We’re excited to announce we’ll be running Autumn workshop tours that’ll bring you behind the scenes of Hammer HQ.
In the tour, you’ll learn about the skill and care it takes to safely salvage and recycle our timber, as well as the history behind it. You’ll meet members of our team from different sections of the business, from recycling, dressing & joinery, and the design and office staff.
You’ll have the opportunity to check out the workshop, showroom and upstairs gallery, and there will also be time for questions. This is a really great opportunity to get to know us a little better—we love welcoming people to our space and sharing what we do. You could also bring along any teenagers in your life (N.B. anyone under 16 must be supervised) to get them fired up about a career in sustainability, design, timber recycling, furniture-making or joinery.
Workshop Tours
We’ll be taking visitors on a timber recycling journey, from the raw demolition timber to the fine furniture produced by our craftspeople.
There will be three sessions available, at 11:30am, 12.15pm and 1:00pm. each going for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. It’s free, but tickets must be reserved because spaces are limited.
First up, we’ll take you down the back to the timber yard to show you where the timber arrives from the demolitions, and then to our recycling section for a demonstration of nail removal, species identification and grading techniques, and if there’s time you might even get a go at de-nailing yourself!
After that, we’ll take you inside to see the big machines in our dressing workshop and our recycled sawdust fire briquette production.
Next, you’ll have a chance to learn about making furniture with the joinery team, looking at things like machining, profiling, gluing, sanding, filling and finishing.
Finally, Thor will take everyone upstairs to the Mixing Room Gallery and Showroom, to explain some of the design details of the furniture on show, and talk through some of the thinking behind our work.
BOOK YOUR SPOT
Numbers are very limited so you must book your spot prior to the tour. There are three time slots available; find the links to book below:
Book 11:30 session here
Book 12.15pm session here
Book 1:00pm session here
While you’re in the area, why not visit some of our neighbours?
M16 Artspace — 21 Blaxland Cres, Griffith Act
Photoaccess — 30 Manuka Circuit, Griffith Act Canberra
Contemporary Art Space — 44 Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes Act (11am - 4pm)
Canberra Glassworks — 11 Wentworth Ave, Kingston Act
Please note
You must reserve your space for the tour. If you miss out, our next tour will be in winter 2024. Make sure to join our email list so you don’t miss out.
Kids/teenagers under 16 should be supervised by an adult.
There is a fair bit of walking and standing on the tour, but you are welcome to bring your own fold up chair. The last part of the tour is up two flights of stairs, so it is not suitable for those with mobility issues—we're very sorry to those who that will affect.
Photos by Rohan Thomson.