NOISY BOATYARD

Discover the intricate art of kumiko, assembling precisely cut timber pieces into a beautiful traditional Japanese geometric design to take home.

Usually, the grown-ups build the boats. This time, it’s the kids’ turn. Children aged 8–15 can build, decorate and take home their own wooden pond yacht with The Wooden Boat Centre Tasmania, then bring it back for Monday’s Pond Yacht Regatta at Constitution Dock. Tickets: $35 per child/yacht. One ticket includes one child, one pond yacht and one accompanying adult. All materials included.

Learn traditional Japanese joinery with carpenter Yuji Kanesada and designer Hiroshi Yamaguchi, using authentic saws, chisels and planes to explore tsugite techniques and their history. Tickets Opening Soon

Create a delicate wooden rose or anemone with artist Takako Kawamura, using fine shavings from a traditional Japanese kanna hand plane.

Learn traditional marlinspike ropework with Mick Corker and make a thump mat to take home. Presented by the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Tickets: $125 per person (includes all materials).

Learn the sailor’s art of traditional ropework with master rope artisan Mick Corker and create your own adjustable nautical lanyard to take home. Presented by the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Tickets: $125 per person (includes all materials).