Winter Workshop Tours // Join a Tour of Thor’s Hammer

 
 
 

Sat 31st August 2024

Tours at 10:00am, 10:45am and 11:30am

Thor's Hammer: 10 Mildura Street, Griffith ACT

Free event. Bookings essential.

Book your spot.

 

 

We’re excited to announce we’ll be running winter 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 tour, recycling with Chris

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 10:00am, 10:45am and 11:30am. 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 10:00am session here

Book 10:45am session here

Book 11:30am 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

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 spring 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.

 
Recycling timber at Thor's Hammer
open workshop design canberra recycling with chris
 
 
 

Photos by Rohan Thomson.