5 Online Woodworking Courses for Beginners in 2025

From traditional carpentry techniques to contemporary wood textile design, learn how to make furniture and homeware with experts to guide you

If you’re interested in learning carpentry from scratch or you want to expand your skills, there are all kinds of techniques and tools to explore. For example, you could learn how to build a DIY wooden stool using hand tools, transform wood veneer into a bendable textile, or create intricate patterns through the art of kumiko.

Discover five online courses below that will help you explore the creative possibilities of working with wood, as well as prepare you with the tools and skills you need to create your own unique pieces.

1. Traditional Woodworking with Hand Tools, a course by Bibbings & Hensby

Learn how to create modern wood furniture inspired by traditional designs with furniture makers Jack Bibbings and Matthew Hensby—the founders of London-based workshop Bibbings & Hensby (@bibbingsandhensby).

In their furniture woodworking course, they teach how to use hand tools to build a staked three-legged stool in oak. Starting from the very basics, the duo explain the tools you will need (offering advice for buying your own), and how to set up your workbench. They will then teach you how to use hand tools including woodworking planes and handsaws to craft unique and durable solid wood furniture.

2. Professional Woodworking for Beginners, a course by Patricio Ortega

The goal of this course is to learn the skills to build a DIY pine plywood stool without any previous experience in carpentry.

With architect and carpenter Patricio Ortega (@maderistica) to guide you, discover the techniques and tools used for professional carpentry, and build a three-legged stool from scratch, with half-lap joints and a cross lap joint on the seat for a high-quality finish.

To learn more about making DIY wood furniture, check out Patricio’s other course, Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners.

3. 3D Wooden Textiles for Beginners, a course by Tesler + Mendelovitch

Wood is an incredibly versatile material that can be used for all kinds of creative projects—as Orli Tesler and Itamar Mendelovitch will show you in this course. The founders of textile studio Tesler + Mendelovitch (@studio_teslermendelovitch) make and transform flexible wood textiles into objects that are both beautiful and sustainable.

Here, they’ll teach you how to get experimental and make 3D wood textiles for home decor. Learn how to measure, cut, and bind wood veneer to build a custom wall panel from scratch.

4. Kumiko: Learn Japanese Woodworking Design, a course by Matt Kenney

Discover the intricate but relaxing Japanese woodworking technique, kumiko. A traditional craft that involves making patterns from small pieces of interlocking wood, it’s all about combining geometry and patterns to create delicate artwork.

The author of The Art of Kumiko, Matt Kenney (@mekwoodworks) uses this ancient carpentry technique to make furniture. In this course, he teaches you how to make different kumiko patterns, including asanoha.

5. Wooden Spoon Carving, a course by Andrea Cortés

Andrea Cortés (@andrea_cortes) started out her woodworking journey as a hobby, before turning it into a career and founding Barcelona Wood Workshops, where she makes and sells hand-carved homeware and furnishings. For Andrea, it’s “a sensory process that connects you with your hands while freeing you from your mind.”

In this course, she teaches you how to carve a wooden spoon with a professional finish. You’ll learn about the characteristics and structures of wood, as well as basic tools and techniques that work best for this type of carving.

Article extended and updated by @amyvsnelling.

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