Upcoming Events
Come and say hello at the following wonderful events around Australia and New Zealand
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Illawarra Woodwork School
MAY 2026
Hape will lead participants to design and imagine their ideas while using a variety of hand tools and Australian hardwood timber to create a sculptural form in this workshop.
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Carve A Möbius - CFW NZ
5-7 JUNE 2026
This 3-Day Course is suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
The disk Möbius is a great way to begin to understand how a Möbius works and it is a beautiful form to match.
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Advanced Course - CFW NZ
10-14 JUNE 2026
This 5-Day Advanced Course is suitable for those with experience in carving.
The beautiful Möbius form will be explored in this intensive course while you design and carve your own Möbius shape.
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Carve A Netsuke Mushroom CFW NZ
19-21 JUNE 2026
In this course students will carve a Netsuke (The Japanese art of miniature carving ) Mushroom with an insect.
This carving, while small in size, requires much time to carve owing to the size and detail.
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Netsuke Carving - Rare Trades
7-9 AUGUST 2026
In this 3-day workshop, you will learn to shape and carve your own netsuke fish or toadstool using traditional wood carving hand tools and Japanese carving techniques such as himotoshi (carving passages in the netsuke for the cord) and ukibori (relief carving).
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Chase the Line - Rare Trades
28 OCT 2026 (5 Days)
Spend the week with artisan Hape Kiddle, exploring how to identify and capture forms found in space through carving fine woods.
You will learn traditional techniques for visualising and carving abstract forms by substracting material and refining lines using specialist hand tools
Holding Time
Holding Time is a body of work that expresses Hape Kiddle’s reverence for the material and the natural environment, and at the same time it’s a reflection on the human condition. ‘We are not what we were. Not the person we were ten years ago, not even yesterday. Nothing that grows can ever be the same again. So be gentle, to ourselves... and others’