smartBoxmaker courses schedule
March – July 2026:

updated 10/12/2025: this is my smartBoxmaker box making courses schedule for the first part of 2026. Scroll down for a list of all available courses and visit the ‘which course?‘ page for detailed descriptions of what’s on offer.

smartBoxmaker box making courses schedule, March – July 2026:


March 10th-19th: fully veneered domed-top box course, 9 days, Sunday off
March 23rd-28th: rectangular box, full course, 6 days NB: one place remaining

April 13th-18th: double-curved box course – part 1, construction and veneering, 6 days FULL
April 20th-24th: double-curved box course – part 2, inlaying, 5 days FULL

May 4th-9th: rectangular box, full course, 6 days NB: one place remaining
May 16th-17th: inlay weekend
May 19th-27th: fully veneered rectangular box course, 8 days, Sunday off
May 30th/31st: introduction to box making [rectangular] – weekend

June 8th-13th: rectangular box, full course, 6 days
June 16th-25th: fully veneered domed-top box course, 9 days, Sunday off
June 27th/28th: french polishing weekend

July 6th-12th: fully veneered rectangular box course, 7 days NB: one place remaining
July 20th-25th: double-curved box course – part 1, construction and veneering, 6 days
July 27th-31st: double-curved box course – part 2, inlaying, 5 days

booking your place:

Please note that I don’t take bookings on the site as I used to, so if you’d like to book a place on any of the courses above please email me to let me know the course you’d like to join and your preference from the payment options below. If I have a place available I will invoice you as appropriate. I have taken a lot of bookings recently and this approach avoids the courses being over-booked.

Feel free to email me or call me on +44 (0) 1694 781318 if you’d like to discuss the options.

prices for 2026:

NB: my newsletter subscribers get a 15% discount on the full fee – subscribe here.

weekends: rectangular box, inlay, french polishing, smartWare, chopstick etc:

cost is £425 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

  • 30% deposit [£130] with the balance on attending [£295]
  • or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

5 days: double curved box part 2:
Monday – Friday

cost is £850 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

  • 30% deposit [£255] with the balance on attending [£595]
  • or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

6 days: rectangular box course, double curved box part 1:
Monday – Saturday

cost is £960 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

  • 30% deposit [£285] with the balance on attending [£675]
  • or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

7 days: fully veneered rectangular box course:
Monday – Sunday

cost is £1080 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

  • 30% deposit [£325] with the balance on attending [£755]
  • or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

8 days: fully veneered rectangular box course:
Monday – Saturday, Monday/Tuesday

cost is £1,200 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit [£360] with the balance on attending [£840]
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

9 days: domed top box:
Monday – Saturday, Monday – Wednesday.

cost is £1,335 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

• 30% deposit [£400] with the balance on attending [£935]
• or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

11 day: double curved box course parts 1+2, 6 day + 5 day:

cost is £1,595 – you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

  • 30% deposit [£475] with the balance on attending [£1,120]
  • or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

one-to-one: dates and duration by arrangement:

cost is £395 per day, or £695 for the 2 days – for more days please contact me for a price. 

When dates have been agreed you can confirm your booking in one of the following ways:

  •  30% deposit with the balance on attending
  •  or full advance payment, discounted by 10% [15% for newsletter subscribers]

Go here for an informal introduction to my world of fine boxes.