BODjA Design

BODjA Design Chair making Workshops. Reject the factory: Reject the truck: Reject the store. Workshop is located at our Studio and the beautiful Sunshine Coast.

Making Chairs from salvaged timber with connection to people, place, and time, using heritage hand tools, in the tradition of Jimmy Possum, a Northern Tasmanian chair maker in the late 1800s. Mike Epworth of BODjA DESiGN takes clients on a 2 Day chair making workshop, where participants are shown the skills required to make a chair in the JIMMY POSSUM revivalist tradition. BODjA Chairs are made fr

om reclaimed timbers with connection (memories and meaning) to the participant. Roving workshops can be set up by rivers, under tree or in historic buildings, depending on the seasons. Clients are guaranteed to take home a chair made by themselves to pass down through the generation.

22/03/2026

Beautiful handmade stools, salvaged and of this place.


From the top down, great couple of days making Jimmy Possum double seaters with the chairman, Mike
17/03/2026

From the top down, great couple of days making Jimmy Possum double seaters with the chairman, Mike



Great first day carving, chatting and making Bull Bay Artist Residencies & Workshops, Bruny Island Jimmy Possum chairs.
13/03/2026

Great first day carving, chatting and making Bull Bay Artist Residencies & Workshops, Bruny Island Jimmy Possum chairs.

Heading down to Tasmania's Bruny Island this week for a couple of Jimmy Possum double seater workshop. One place availab...
09/03/2026

Heading down to Tasmania's Bruny Island this week for a couple of Jimmy Possum double seater workshop. One place available next weekend.
Zag and Oskar performing quality control on the seats with no woofs or meows 🐈‍⬛



Bodja Design is taking BOOKINGS for PERTH TAS double seater workshop March 6-9 2026Please email us at info@bodjadesig...
25/01/2026

Bodja Design is taking BOOKINGS for PERTH TAS double seater workshop March 6-9 2026

Please email us at [email protected] or phone on 0405993557

The 4-day chair-making workshops, PERTH TASMANIA uses heritage hand tools and techniques, to make your Bodja Design, Jimmy Possum Chair.

BOOK TODAY!
BODjA DESiGN

Mike and I are excited to be bringing the Jimmy Possum chair making tradition to an international audience with the publ...
15/01/2026

Mike and I are excited to be bringing the Jimmy Possum chair making tradition to an international audience with the publishing house, Lost Arts Press.

LAP specialises in publishing woodworking books that change the craft and people's lives.

Mikes story and his connection to the Australian chair making tradition of Jimmy Possum is a great fit.
Lost Art Press

Dr. Mike Epworth has spent decades researching and building Jimmy Possum chairs. These enchanting Australian folk chairs, which originated in Tasmania’s

Happy New Year to all,Health and wellness to us all.We are planning our annual Bull Bay Artist Residencies & Workshops, ...
04/01/2026

Happy New Year to all,
Health and wellness to us all.

We are planning our annual Bull Bay Artist Residencies & Workshops, Bruny IslandJimmy Possum Chair Making workshop 2026.
One combined double and single-seater workshop over four days - Friday 13 - Monday 16 March 2026.
Places are limited to four chair builds.
Choose either double or single armchair JP.

Additionally, we are running two,
Handmade Stool Workshop using the same hand skills.

Stool Making Workshop
Maximum participant number six,
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 March 2026.

Book now and plan ahead, Bruny Island provides a beautiful place for a beautiful handmade experience.
DM or email to book [email protected]
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Well it's down to business with Lost Art Press!We are back in the office, telephones off the hook, pencils are sharpened...
08/11/2025

Well it's down to business with Lost Art Press!
We are back in the office, telephones off the hook, pencils are sharpened, ready to tell the story of the Jimmy Possum chair making tradition.

Mike and I are so excited to bring this Australian chair making tradition to print. ☺️
Join us on our literary journey here and on threads




Jimmy Possum double seater, workshop, One place available 28-30 November 2025 PERTH Tasmania Book Now info@bodjadesign.c...
13/10/2025

Jimmy Possum double seater, workshop, One place available 28-30 November 2025
PERTH Tasmania
Book Now
[email protected] 😊




Meeting the Greenhill family was a significant milestone in our research on Jimmy Possum chair making tradition. Virgini...
12/10/2025

Meeting the Greenhill family was a significant milestone in our research on Jimmy Possum chair making tradition.

Virginia and Bill shared their family's heritage, the Egmont chairs made in 1886 at Westbury, Tasmania.

Maker George Greenhill Esq. 1886









Jimmy Possum T-Shirt making a nice addition to some beautiful chairs. 😃
06/09/2025

Jimmy Possum T-Shirt making a nice addition to some beautiful chairs. 😃




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