Biography

Lives: Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia
 
Studied:
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, B.Arch., 1974-1977.
Architectural Association, London, Diploma in Architecture, 1979-1982.
R.M.I.T. Master of Design (Urban Design) 1990-1992.
R.M.I.T. Clock and Watchmaking Apprenticeship Course 1993.
Associate Diploma Arts (Wood Design) Box Hill Tafe 1995.

Related Experience:
Undergraduate architect at B&D Architecten, Leiden, Netherlands, 1978-1979.
Project achitect with Foster Associates, London and Hong Kong, 1982-1986.
Architect, Melbourne, 1986-1989.
Established Wood Workshop, Melbourne, 1989.
President of the Victorian Woodworkers Association, 2002-2005, 2010-2011.

Teaching Experience:
Architecture and Design, Design Tutor, R.M.I.T. Melbourne, 1989-93.
Architecture and Design, Design Tutor, Melbourne University, 1993-94.
Lecturer, master-class programme, Australian School of Fine Furniture, Launceston, 2003, 2005. 

Awards and Exhibitions:
'Working with Wood' Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne 1991.
First Prize, Victorian Woodworkers Association, 1991.
'Working with Wood' Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 1992.
Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne,1993.
'Best Piece', Warburton Winterfest 1993.
First Prize, 'Excellence in Craftsmanship', Warburton Winterfest 1996.
First Prize, 'Design and Workmanship, 'Victorian Woodwork Exhibition, 1997.
First Prize, Victorian Woodworkers Association, 2000.
First Prize, 'Excellence in Craftsmanship', Warburton Winterfest, 2000.
Dame Nancy Buttfield Award for Decorative Arts Exhibition, National Trust of South Australia, November 2001.
'Best Piece' Warburton Winterfest June 2003.
Victorian Woodworkers Association Annual Exhibition, 2004.
Victorian Woodworkers Association Annual Exhibition, 2005.
Second Prize.Bungendore Woodworks Gallery. Studio Furniture 2008.
Judge panel.Bungendore Woodworks Gallery. Studio Furniture 2010.
Award for Craftsmanship. Studio Woodworkers Australia, Inaugural Exhibition, Sturt, NSW.2012.
First Prize, ‘Create from a Crate’ Exhibition, Melbourne, 2014.

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"Each completed clock provides the seeds from which the following generation of designs is developed..."

Contact

Will’s clocks can either be commissioned directly:

 
  +61 (0)438 984 415
 
 
 Will Matthysen Clocks
       48 Webb Street
       Warrandyte, VIC, 3113, Australia
 
 
 

Or purchased via the following galleries:

Leura Fine Woodwork Gallery
130 The Mall, Leura, NSW 2780
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Bungendore Wood Works Gallery
Kings Highway, Bungendore NSW 2621
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