Booking Now OPEN!
LIWF 2024 tickets just £10.50
Tickets includes entry to as many seminars as you like. Seats will be allocated on a first come first served basis and cannot be pre-booked before the show opens. Each seminar will be repeated throughout the day so don’t worry about missing out.
You can view the list of speakers here.
London IWF Bazaar Ticket Prices
- Friday Preview 1st Nov. 12am – 5pm – £5.50
- Saturday 2nd Nov. 10am – 4pm – £10.50
- Friday & Saturday – £15.50
- Children under 16 are free.
EXHIBITOR UPDATE No.2
OCT 23rd 2024
JUST CONFIRMED – CHRIS SCHWARZ BOOK SIGNINGS
FRIDAY 2-3pm
The 2 day exhibitors – Friday 12 -5pm & Saturday 10am – 5pm
Richard Arnold, traditional joiner, craftsman and plane maker will be bringing a chair by legendary maker John Brown that has been bequeathed to him recently. We are sure that this chair is going to get a lot of close scrutiny and attention. https://www.richarnold.co.uk/
Nigel Melfi with his lovely high angled infill block planes for musical instrument makers and the like. https://www.instagram.com/nigelmelfiplanes/
Phil Edwards one of the UK’s foremost wooden plane makers is here http://www.phillyplanes.co.uk/index.html
The Quiet Workshop with St John & Bryony https://thequietworkshop.com/
James Mursell runs The Windsor Workshop in Sussex and will be extolling the virtues of making your own chair with him on one of his brilliant chair making courses. https://thewindsorworkshop.co.uk/
Sean Hellman – Woodwright, craftsman and author of Sharp! https://seanhellman.com/
Classic Hand Tools – let these guys know if you want them to bring anything specific as they can’t bring everything to the show. Call them on 01473 784983 or email sales@classichandtools.com for any special requests. They are also offering a send on service should you not wish to travel home with your purchase on the day.
What can you expect from Classic Hand Tools? They will have demonstrations of hand tools from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks with John Parkinson and Robin Nolan travelling over the pond for you. Richard Wile of Lee Valley Tools is travelling from Canada to see you alongside Ryan Saunders to demonstrate and answer your questions on the Veritas range of tools. David Barron makes a welcome return to the show scene and will be cutting dovetails for you using his new Veritas made David Barron Dovetail guides, Japanese pull saws and Knew Concepts fret saws. Ian Parker, fresh from teaching his brilliant and absorbing 2 day Illustrating Course, will be answering any of your questions on cabinet making techniques. Ian is working on his online courses so ask him about his progress/plans and launch dates. A selection of books from Lost Art Press will be available with Chris Schwarz, Megan Fitzpatrick, Richard Arnold and Derek Jones in the house to sign their books. Ryan Saunders will be also sharpening by hand using Shapton’s Kuromaku Professional sharpening stones from Japan. Michel Auriou, maker of the best hand stitched rasps and rifflers in the world is also due for both days. Challenge him as to why he thinks his rasp making techniques produce the best precision shaping tools for wood. He has the answers after 50 years of rasp making! Tool maker Oscar Rush will be there both days to showcase his axes, adzes and other edge tools. www.classichandtools.com
Derek Jones of Lowfat Roubo will be in the hall for both days (apart from one short talk on the Saturday). He will have a Cricket Table or two with him and Classic Hand Tools will have copies of his book for sale (and to be signed) closeby. https://lowfatroubo.co.uk/
The Southern Fellowship of Wood Workers represented by Bruce Richardson https://www.sfww.org.uk/
Rubio Monocoat will be in the main hall for both days demonstrating their range of single coat finishes.
The International BoatBuilding Training College & Suffolk Veneers – learn about IBTC’s short and long courses in sunny East Suffolk https://www.ibtc.co.uk/
Tool maker Kevin Gooch https://www.instagram.com/kevin.gooch.3517/?hl=en-gb
Adding to the mix on Saturday will be:-
Helen Welch, founder and head instructor at the London School of Furniture will be in the main hall on Saturday to promote their range of short form classes. https://furnitureschool.co.uk/
Shane Skelton and his gorgeous hand saws will only be there on Saturday until about 3pm (Classic Hand Tools will have Shane’s Peacock oil & wax for sale on both days). https://www.shaneskelton.co.uk/
Israel Martin – Spanish cabinet maker and course provider will be demonstrating in the main hall on Saturday. https://www.instagram.com/lacabraenlaescalera/?hl=en
Eddie & Hayley – the official UK distributors of Odies Oil UK https://odiesoil.co.uk/
Note – the nearest train station stop is Cyprus on the Docklands Light Railway, a 5 minute walk through the University Campus which has food outlets etc..
Further Ticket Information
All tickets for the event are purchased through this website.
Please either print or keep a copy of your entrance ticket on your ‘phone with you on the day.
If you’ve enrolled onto one of our 3 or 5-day classes you can enter the site free of charge for the duration of the event.
There may still be places available on these classes so check them out here.