Woodworking Workshop Make A Sushi Platter

About this course

Participants choose timber, design and mark out a platter, then cut and refine its profile using a jigsaw, hand plane, spokeshave, rasps and sandpaper. The workshop also introduces planing a taper for chopsticks and shaping platter edges with chamfers or roundovers.

What you'll learn

• Compare the grain, density and working characteristics of walnut, beech, ash and oak.
• Mark out a platter design from a blank, using a template or freehand layout.
• Cut and refine a curved wooden profile with a jigsaw, spokeshave and abrasive techniques.
• Set and use a hand plane to taper chopsticks from a square blank.
• Shape platter edges using chamfers, roundovers, planes, rasps, chisels and spokeshaves.
• Apply a food-safe oil finish to the completed platter and chopsticks.

Is this course right for you?

The workshop is intended for beginners, including people who have not previously used a hand plane. Participants work at their own pace, make individual decisions about the shape and edge treatment, and complete their own platter and chopsticks.

• Suitable for learners developing their first hand-tool woodworking skills.
• Participants make individual design choices rather than following a fixed finished shape.
• The soy sauce bowl recess is an optional part of the project.

Before you go

• Timber, tools and finishing materials are included.
• Wear clothes suitable for workshop work and closed-toe shoes. Open-toed footwear is not permitted.