The Erasmus School of Creative Arts, or ESCA, was established in January 2010, completing four years of planning and building. It is a small, privately funded and run teaching facility owned and operated by Neil and Pam Erasmus. View upcomming furniture making courses at Erasmus School of Creative Arts

Neil and Pam Erasmus are professional designers, makers and teachers of fine furniture. Their teaching studio/workshop is situated in the picturesque, forested Hills area of Pickering Brook, thirty minutes drive from Perth’s CBD in Western Australia.

Neil was born and raised in South Africa, where he was mentored in the art of furniture design and making by his father, the highly regarded Andre Erasmus, himself a second generation maker.

In 1981, at the age of 27, Neil immigrated to Canberra, Australia with Pam and their young daughter. Here Neil soon set up a workshop, undertaking commission work for embassies, government departments and collectors, and making speculative exhibition pieces for the famous Beaver Galleries, with whom he also worked closely on commissions.

ESCA is housed in a 100m2 space that is furnished with new, traditional Beech benches, each with bench dogs, a shoulder vice and a tail vice. The space, which is superbly lit with natural light

For those who require accommodation while at ESCA, there is a 5-bedroom cottage on the nine acre property:

Accommodation available at $20 per night