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BODjA Design Chair making Workshops. Reject the factory: Reject the truck: Reject the store. Workshop is located at our Studio and the beautiful Sunshine Coast.

Making Chairs from salvaged timber with connection to people, place, and time, using heritage hand tools, in the tradition of Jimmy Possum, a Northern Tasmanian chair maker in the late 1800s. Mike Epworth of BODjA DESiGN takes clients on a 2 Day chair making workshop, where participants are shown the skills required to make a chair in the JIMMY POSSUM revivalist tradition. BODjA Chairs are made from reclaimed timbers with connection (memories and meaning) to the participant. Roving workshops can be set up by rivers, under tree or in historic buildings, depending on the seasons. Clients are guaranteed to take home a chair made by themselves to pass down through the generation.

Great to be back in Tasmania for our Jimmy Possum, handmade chair making workshop. Day one carving back rungs and vibin...
10/10/2026

Great to be back in Tasmania for our Jimmy Possum, handmade chair making workshop. Day one carving back rungs and vibing the JP living tradition😊



Mike and I are excited to be partnering with the Sunshine Coast Council to present ‘Local Ground’ an exhibition at Bankf...
03/08/2026

Mike and I are excited to be partnering with the Sunshine Coast Council to present ‘Local Ground’ an exhibition at Bankfoot House Museum. A fascinating look at the history of vernacular furniture in the Glasshouse Mountains area.

Local Ground is an exhibition that brings together history, making and contemporary practice through a dialogue between nineteenth-century furniture maker William Andrew Grigor and contemporary chairmaker, researcher and author Dr Michael Epworth 😊

Vernacular furniture and connections to place | 4 Sept - 29 Jan 2027 | Bankfoot House

03/08/2026

Mike and I are excited to be partnering with the Sunshine Coast Council to present ‘Local Ground’ an exhibition at Bankfoot House Museum. A fascinating look at the history of vernacular furniture in the Glasshouse Mountains area.

Local Ground is an exhibition that brings together history, making and contemporary practice through a dialogue between nineteenth-century furniture maker William Andrew Grigor and contemporary chairmaker, researcher and author Dr Michael Epworth 😊

Hi All, Winter is finally here, what better than a winter warmer workshop on the Sunshine Coast QLD Double and single,...
01/07/2026

Hi All,
Winter is finally here, what better than a winter warmer workshop on the Sunshine Coast QLD




Double and single, 3 Day Jimmy Possum chair making workshops, July 25 -27 & August 22 - 24, 2026
2-4 Spaces available.

Email - [email protected] to book a space 😊

2 X 1 Day Stool making workshops available to Book
Dates are Saturday and Sunday 12 & 13 September

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Bodja Design, chair making in the tradition of the Tasmanian, Australian, Jimmy Possum. We specialize in community engagement, and social design, where heritage woodworking skills pave the way for a greener future.

22/03/2026

Beautiful handmade stools, salvaged and of this place.


Bodja Design is taking BOOKINGS for PERTH TAS double seater workshop March 6-9 2026Please email us at info@bodjadesig...
25/01/2026

Bodja Design is taking BOOKINGS for PERTH TAS double seater workshop March 6-9 2026

Please email us at [email protected] or phone on 0405993557

The 4-day chair-making workshops, PERTH TASMANIA uses heritage hand tools and techniques, to make your Bodja Design, Jimmy Possum Chair.

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BODjA DESiGN

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Coolum Beach, QLD
4573

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+61405993557

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