Meet Your Instructor Fan Back Windsor Chair Travis Curtis Learn the Craft of Windsor Chair Making Learn to build a classic side chair that incorporates all aspects of Windsor chair building. The class focuses on hand tool skills and green woodworking techniques. "It is not clear when the first WindsorContinue Reading
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR MARY MAY Intro To Classical Carving with Mary May What better way to spend a week than to put a woodcarving gouge in your hand, create something beautiful- and have fun! Mary May, a well-known professional woodcarver and instructor from South Carolina, will walk you throughContinue Reading
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR MARY MAY Intro To Classical Carving with Mary May What better way to spend a week than to put a woodcarving gouge in your hand, create something beautiful- and have fun! Mary May, a well-known professional woodcarver and instructor from South Carolina, will walk you throughContinue Reading
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR Need Some Relief: Bringing Interest & Life to Your Work with Rotary Power-Carving Dixie Biggs Explore the embellishment techniques of power relief carving and woodburning that can be used by woodturners, furnituremakers or other wood artists to expand the visual impact of your pieces. Students will learnContinue Reading
Meet Your Instructor Drawing with Fire Pyrography can be done on a multitude of media making this beginners class perfect for woodworkers and non-woodworkers! Some of the things we will cover over the weekend: Considerations when designing a piece Ways to control the heat How to use multiple nibs forContinue Reading
Meet Your Instructor Classical Carving Alexander Grabovetskiy In 2012 Alexander was chosen as the International Carver of the Year, and his work is astounding. Carving with a classical flair has to start with an in-depth study of how to sharpen the carving tools in the most productive and fastest way.Continue Reading
Power Carving and Pyrography with Dixie Biggs Explore power relief carving and pyrography techniques commonly used by woodturners, furniture makers, and other wood artists to expand the visual impact of your pieces. Dixie will demonstrate embellishment techniques with a micro-motor rotary power carver, wood burning with a pyrography pen toContinue Reading
Handtools are precious tools of our trade, and having a place to get them organized and safe is important. Based on tool cabinets originating around the turn of the 20th century, this project build class is a great fit for woodworkers who believe that power and hand tools can liveContinue Reading
Intro To Carving with Mary May No better way to spend a week than to put a woodcarving gouge in your hand, create something beautiful - and have fun! Mary May, a well-known professional woodcarver and instructor from South Carolina, will walk you through the carving process using a varietyContinue Reading
