Winter Workshop Tours 14th June 2025 // Join a Tour of Thor’s Hammer

Saturday 14th June 2025

Thor's Hammer: 10 Mildura Street, Griffith ACT

Free event. Bookings essential.

We’re excited to announce our 2025 winter workshop tours, bringing you behind the scenes of Hammer HQ.

In the tour, you’ll learn about the skill and care it takes to safely salvage and recycle timber, as well as the history behind some of the timbers we are working on at the moment. You’ll meet members of our team from different sections of the business, from recycling, dressing & joinery, to the design and office staff.

You’ll have the opportunity to check out the workshop, showroom and upstairs gallery, and there will also be time for questions. This is a really great opportunity to get to know us a little better—we love welcoming people to our space and sharing what we do. You could also bring along any teenagers in your life (N.B. anyone under 16 must be supervised) to get them fired up about a career in sustainability, design, timber recycling, furniture-making or joinery.

Workshop tour, recycling with Chris — Thor’s Hammer Workshop Tours

Workshop Tours

There will be three sessions available on Saturday 14th June 2025, at 09:30am, 10:15am and 11:00am. each going for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. It’s free, but tickets must be reserved because spaces are limited.

First up, we’ll take you down the back to the timber yard to show you where the timber arrives from the demolitions, and then to our recycling section for a demonstration of nail removal, species identification and grading techniques, and if there’s time you might even get a go at de-nailing yourself!

After that, we’ll take you inside to see the big machines in our dressing workshop and our recycled sawdust fire briquette production.

Next, you’ll have a chance to learn about making furniture with the joinery team, looking at things like timber knowledge, glue ups, sanding, resin filling and finishing.

Finally, Thor will take everyone upstairs to the Mixing Room Gallery and Showroom, to answer questions and talk through some of the design thinking behind our work.

BOOK YOUR SPOT

Numbers are limited so you must book your spot prior to the tour on Saturday 14th June 2025. There are three time slots available; find the links to book below:

While you’re in the area, why not visit some of our neighbours?

M16 Artspace — 21 Blaxland Cres, Griffith Act

Photoaccess — 30 Manuka Circuit, Griffith Act Canberra

Contemporary Art Space — 44 Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes Act

Canberra Glassworks — 11 Wentworth Ave, Kingston Act

Please note

You must reserve your space for the tour. If you miss out, our next tour will be in spring 2025. Make sure to join our email list so you don’t miss out.
Kids/teenagers under 16 should be supervised by an adult.
There is a fair bit of walking and standing on the tour, but you are welcome to bring your own fold up chair. The last part of the tour is up two flights of stairs, so it is not suitable for those with mobility issues—we're very sorry to those who that will affect.