Create without limits
At Craft School Oz, we believe your curiosity is your greatest creative tool.
Our online workshops are your playground - a judgment-free zone where you can explore, experiment, and discover the joy of making without any pressure to be perfect.
Whether you're a complete beginner or someone reconnecting with creativity, we're here to support your unique journey of discovery.
Hi, I'm Ruth Woods - the owner of Craft School Oz.
In over three decades of teaching crafts, I've learned one powerful truth: creativity lives in all of us. What started as my personal passion has become a mission to create a space where curiosity can bloom without fear or judgment.
When I founded Craft School Oz over ten years ago, I believed that everyone has an artist waiting to be discovered. My journey isn't about perfect techniques, but about creating a community where people can explore, play, and connect through making. My book "Finding Form with Fibre" celebrated the artists and stories we can tell through our hands.
Our online workshops in basket making and slow stitching aren't about creating flawless objects. They're about giving you the confidence to try, to experiment, and to find joy in creating. Whether you're a beginner or returning to craft, this is a place of welcome and endless possibility.
We believe in sustainability, individual creativity, and craft's power to connect us – to ourselves and to each other. Every workshop is an invitation to play, learn, and discover something wonderful about yourself.
Acknowledgement of country
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the land that we call home. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and respect their continuing culture and customs, wisdom, and teachings that have nurtured this land for so long.
We also acknowledge the First Australians as the traditional custodians of this continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history.
Sovereignty was never ceded.