Changing wood from straight lines to curved adds a whole new dimension to woodworking; learn both the practical how-to and the design impact of bending wood in this 5-day hands-on class. You will learn how to do a variety of bending techniques such as steam bend, laminate bend, hot pipeContinue Reading
A properly-tuned band saw can — and perhaps should — be the centre of an efficient woodshop. Bandsaws are capable of very accurate work, from cutting precise tenon joints to resawing the densest woods straight and smooth to cutting fluid curved shapes. Even an inexpensive bandsaw can be tuned toContinue Reading
Advancing Bandsaw & Router Skills with Kelly Parker This challenging class moves past essential workshop fundamentals and into more sophisticated, higher-skilled territory. You'll be introduced to advanced techniques on the bandsaw and router table, showing you ways to get more out of your table saw, disc sander, and biscuit joiner.Continue Reading
The Art & Techniques of Box Making This Box Making course builds on your woodworking and power tool knowledge and is a great stepping stone class to larger projects, like cabinets or drawers. In this hands-on five-day class, you’ll learn and practice multiple box-making techniques: design, carcass construction, resawing lumber, box joints,Continue Reading
Wall Console with Philip Morley In this five-day class, build your skills and furnish your home with a clean and contemporary Morley Wall Console. With an elegant scalloped door, the piece is designed to hold your record player or game console, but it would also work well as a nightstandContinue Reading
Techniques and Approaches with Philip Morley In this weekend class, build your skills and refine your woodworking skills with noted furniture maker Philip Morley Study unique aspects of his work through lectures, demos and, where feasible, hands-on practice. Learn about: - the Morley design aesthetic origination and practice - RipContinue Reading
Shaper Origin: Beginner to Beyond This is a wonderful opportunity to learn how to use and incorporate the Shaper Origin into your woodworking projects with a great instructor - Erik Curtis - in a comfortably paced class. You will make three projects of increasing difficulty levels–a small box, a wallContinue Reading
Steps Into Craftsmanship/Craftswomanship Foundational Hand Skills During this five-day introduction to hand skills, Frank draws on his years working with hand tools to share with you the skills he has learned. You will learn how to sharpen and use many hand tools, including chisels, planes, and scrapers. Also, learn howContinue Reading
Weekend Introduction to Marquetry with Frank Strazza Learn to paint with wood Marquetry involves carefully cutting and piecing together different wood species, creating a beautiful picture, decorative element, or lettering. Marquetry, dating back to the Italian Renaissance, has traditionally been used to embellish furniture, church pews, and panels in homesContinue Reading
If you want to design and build your own furniture, you need both design techniques and practical planning skills. This class focuses on equipping you with both. Using sample design briefs and case studies as a starting point, you will learn how to evaluate and balance scale, form, and functionContinue Reading
Sharpening Clinic with Jameel Abraham Sharpening can be challenging, but in reality, it’s quite simple. In this class, we’ll focus on starting with a plane iron, taking it all the way from coarse grinding to final honing. We’ll talk about the ideal sharpening setup, equipment, and approach. The skills learnedContinue Reading
The Art & Techniques of Box Making This Box Making course builds on your woodworking and power tool knowledge and is a great stepping stone class to larger projects, like cabinets or drawers. In this hands-on five-day class, you’ll learn and practice multiple box-making techniques: design, carcass construction, resawing lumber, box joints,Continue Reading
An easy introduction to using veneer and basic box making. The end result is a lovely chess board box that will make a great gift. Key Learning Points: How to mix veneer and solid wood Using a vacuum pump to press the veneer Creating pinned lap joints Shellac Finishing TaughtContinue Reading
This multi-discipline class will cover a wide array of techniques, all aimed at developing your skills in box making, veneering and hardware installation. You'll also find that your patterning, colour planning, and visual impact skills will also be given an opportunity to flex. As part of your growth in furnitureContinue Reading
CAPSTONE CLASS FOR CERTIFICATE STUDENTS In this class, you will use the skills you have acquired in your core classes and on your woodworking journey so far to build a furniture piece of your own design. Design to Fabrication is a prerequisite for this class. The following things covered inContinue Reading
RESIDENCY STUDIES This is an opportunity for a two week residency if you are interested in working on building a piece of furniture of your own design under the guidance of a senior-level instructor. This is not a traditional class; it will be up to you to determine what youContinue Reading
Steps into Craftsmanship/Craftswomanship II with Frank Strazza In this class, we will build a Craftsman-style case piece to advance your fine woodworking skills– focusing predominantly on hand tool usage. The case itself is an excellent achievement for early woodworkers, and this particular piece can be built out as a clockContinue Reading
Building Curved Furniture Explore the world of creating curved yet structural furniture elements while learning the technique of bent laminations. Each student will fabricate the four aprons that are at the heart of the design of the Quatrefoil Table. We will also learn how to accurately create thin laminates, safelyContinue Reading
In this five-day class you will learn about the cultural significance of joinery in traditional Japanese architecture, appreciate the beauty and utility of Japanese tools in modern woodworking, as well as discover the scalability and utility of carpentry joints for modern furniture design. Focused on two pillars of Japanese carpentry: Continue Reading
Box Making - Grow Your Woodworking Skills Box-making is an excellent way to build and hone skills that can directly lend themselves to countless projects large and small. Consider the objects and furniture in our homes- Cabinets? Drawers? Dressers? Shelving units? They’re all boxes! This Box-Making course is a journeyContinue Reading
The Art & Techniques of Box Making This Box Making course builds on your woodworking and power tool knowledge and is a great stepping stone class to larger projects, like cabinets or drawers. In this hands-on five-day class, you’ll learn and practice multiple box-making techniques: design, carcass construction, resawing lumber, box joints,Continue Reading
