Playful Woodworking: Create Wooden Art Toys

A course by Popoke Brasil , Carpentry Workshop

Carpentry Workshop. São Paulo, Brazil.
Joined April 2020

Bring unique characters to life by learning carpentry techniques to create your own wooden sculpture

98% positive reviews (125)
3,946 students
Audio: Portuguese
Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Bring unique characters to life by learning carpentry techniques to create your own wooden sculpture

Art toys allow us to discover new creative spaces, explore galaxies and ancient civilizations, and let our imagination soar with rockets, robots, monsters, and aliens. In hopes of embodying all these ideas in 3D objects, Eduardo Castanheira and Natália Rocha founded the Popoke Brasil carpentry workshop, which combines their love of art and woodwork.

In this course, learn how to make an original wooden art toy. Join Eduardo and Natália and explore your inner fantasy world and transform your ideas into a unique and fun piece.

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What will you learn in this online course?

16 lessons & 27 downloads

PPE, tools and machines
7 minutes, 25 seconds
Character creation
15 minutes, 15 seconds
Preparing for your project
6 minutes, 54 seconds
Cuts and collages 1
19 minutes, 9 seconds
Cuts and collages 2
13 minutes, 18 seconds
  • 98% positive reviews (125)
  • 3,946 students
  • 16 lessons (3h 14m)
  • 27 additional resources (4 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Portuguese
  • Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Make a customized wooden art toy, from creating your first sketch to finishing the final product.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone interested in art toys, carpentry, and designer wooden toys.

Requirements and materials

Previous carpentry experience is recommended for this course.

In terms of materials, you need blank paper, A3 graph paper, a pencil, pens, a ruler, a triangle, and a protractor. For tools and accessories, you need a hammer, needle-nose pliers, a Japanese hand saw or standard hand saw, a carpenter's square, small nails, dowels, wood adhesive, a two-component sealant, beeswax, mineral oil, brill bits, solid wood, wooden slats, dentistry tools, a selection of wood files, and T-track hold-down clamps. You should also have access to a table saw, a miter saw, a bench or standard drill, and an orbital sander.


Reviews

3,946 Students
125 Reviews
98% Positive ratings

Popoke Brasil

A course by Popoke Brasil

Teacher Plus
Carpentry Workshop

Artists Eduardo Castanheira and Natália Rocha, founders of the Popoke Brasil workshop, combine art and design to give life to characters from another world through playful carpentry. Their pieces stay true to the colors, tones, and history of the wood they are crafted from, seeking to add a bit of sunshine and whimsy back into the world.

Popoke Brasil's art toys are on show in decor and design boutiques across Brazil and can also be viewed on the creative couple's Instagram account.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • Influences
  • U2

    Knowing the universe of joinery and creating your character

    • Introducing wood and color composition
    • PPE, tools and machines
    • Character creation
  • U3

    Time to learn by producing

    • Preparing for your project
    • Cuts and collages 1
    • Cuts and collages 2
    • Cuts and jigs
    • Shapes that arise through the cuts
    • The big world of sanders and sanders
  • U4

    Finishing and finalization

    • Drilling and final steps 1
    • Drilling and final steps 2
    • Drilling and final steps 3
    • Final assembly
    • Finishing the character
  • FP

    Final project

    • Playful Woodworking: Create Wooden Art Toys

What to expect from a Domestika course

  • Learn at your own pace

    Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.

  • Learn from the best professionals

    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

  • Meet expert teachers

    Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.

  • Certificates
    Plus

    If you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.

  • Get front-row seats

    Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.

  • Share knowledge and ideas

    Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.

  • Connect with a global creative community

    The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.

  • Watch professionally produced courses

    Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.


FAQs

Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.

All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.

The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.

You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.

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Playful Woodworking: Create Wooden Art Toys. Design, and Craft course by Popoke Brasil

Playful Woodworking: Create Wooden Art Toys

A course by Popoke Brasil
Carpentry Workshop. São Paulo, Brazil.
Joined April 2020
  • 98% positive reviews (125)
  • 3,946 students