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Intensive Summer Workshops

This summer, trade screen time for workshop time. Come and spend  5 evenings crafting your own unique piece from start to finish. 

Courses available in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne:

Woodworking courses that teach you to think with your hands

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Most of us spend too much time in our heads.

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At Knock on Wood, our woodworking courses and workshops in Switzerland bring adults and children back to something real. You measure, cut, shape, make mistakes, fix them, and slowly understand how things are built.

In our proper workshops  you learn to use real tools, work with solid materials, and make objects that actually hold together.

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Not just cute craft. Not just entertainment with sawdust.

Real making. Real problem-solving. The satisfaction of saying: I made this.

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Find us in Geneva, Zurich, and Lausanne. 

A group of happy people who just finished their first woodworking experience showing off their projects

If you're a beginner, you will leave with your first beautiful product after a discovery session.

An experienced woodworker demonstrating his personal project – a pine lamp

If you're an experienced woodworker, you can become a member to have access to the facilities or simply rent a workbench.

Beautiful handmade wooden objects – plates turned on a lathe and a salad serving set
Our workshops are a great place to bring a school class, a company team or your friends to build together, and our gift cards make for a flexible gift for the crafter in your life!

What's new in the workshop?

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Why woodworking?

Working with wood offers a wide range of benefits:

Take a break from your phone/laptop and work with your hands

Teach your mind to think in 3 dimensions and develop your creativity

Become independent and create items that fit your needs perfectly

Learn to consume less and build things that last

Our story

The story

Knock on Wood founder Zsuzsanna Varga sitting on a chair showing off a wooden plate she turned on a lathe

After moving to Geneva, I started looking for a workshop where I could cut my Guadua bamboo for sculpting.

I went on Facebook to see if anyone knew a local workshop. Instead, I found at least 30 others searching for the same thing — so I decided to validate the idea of an open woodworking space. 

We started out by sub-renting professional carpenters' workshops for one evening at a time to craft together. Fast forward a few years, and today Knock on Wood has its beautiful craft spaces in Geneva and Lausanne that serve as an umbrella organisation for artisans wanting to grow in a collaborative environment. We also serve as an educational and recreational space for those who want to reconnect with manual skills and learn different crafts.

Humans need tangible results of their work to be satisfied and balanced. Woodworking and handling tools ticks all the missing boxes."

- Zsuzsanna Varga, Founder

Contact us

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