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November 2019
Greenwood Spoon Carving
How to Carve Traditional Spoons Greenwood spoon carving! Come discover an addictive and easy new hobby, or sharpen your skills in pursuit of the perfect greenwood spoon. Just think how impressive it will be when you're camping and hand carve everyone a spoon, or serve a beautiful meal with custom made utensils for your guests! Learn how to carve traditional greenwood spoons with the minimal amount of tools. Starting with a hatchet, a knife, and…
Find out more »Greenwood Bowl Carving
Carve an Green Wood Bowl - Open to All Get ready to turn an ordinary green wood log into a beautiful functional bowl using traditional tools and techniques. In this class taught by Jason Lonon, you’ll learn to sculpt wood into one-of-a-kind graceful vessels using traditional tools such as axes adze sloyd knives drawknives spokeshaves and gouges After covering wood selection and layout, we will focus on adze technique and axemanship. You will be amazed at…
Find out more »January 2020
Bandsaw Box Making
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR MICHAEL CULLEN Learn How To Make Boxes A wonderful opportunity to explore the art of box making in a very creative way. This class is open to non woodworker as well as woodworkers of all skill levels who would like to break into new territory. Bandsaw Box Skills In this five day class, taught by renowned furniture maker Michael Cullen a regular contributor to Fine Woodworking magazine, you’ll investigate different approaches and forms that a box can become…
Find out more »February 2020
Master The Bend | Garrett Hack
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR GARRETT HACK WOODWORKING WITH CURVES As your woodworking skills develop, so does a natural interest in designing beyond the straight and square. Curved shapes can add elegance, allure, and even strength to your furniture designs. Come and explore and make several different curved parts by: laminating for curved drawers and chair parts, shaping out of the solid with hand tools, coopering (think barrel) for curved panels or case sides, steam bending. We will talk about how to…
Find out more »Intro To Marquetry – Weekend
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR ANDREW GIBSON Introduction To Marquetry Marquetery is the process of making pictures from small pieces of veneer and insetting them into a larger, thicker piece of material such as a box lid, cabinet door, or table top. Marquetry has been used for centuries to add decorative details to many types of furniture and even used as a dedicated media for purely artistic works. You'll often find marquetry and particularly the compass rose in Federal style furniture. Regardless of your interests…
Find out more »March 2020
Recurve Bow Building & Archery
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR DAVE MEAD Composite Bow Making Learn the unique art of making one of the most ancient bow designs - the composite bow. You will learn from Dave Mead, a master bowyer, who has spent years perfecting the performance of this bow and arrow combo. Capable of shooting fast and flat over great ranges similar to the modern gear of today, it will bring more to the table than the archer is prepared for. This bow covers all archery needs.…
Find out more »April 2020
Woodcut Printing – Sunday Funday
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR JENNIFER HARPER Woodcut/Wood Block Print Making Level: Open to All The ancient art of woodblock printing is a perfect craft to get started with printmaking. This easy workshop will introduce you to the tools and methods needed to allow you to carve and print from your own relief woodblocks. White lines and shapes are created when areas are carved away. The type of chisel (V-gouge, U-gouge or knife) dictates the shape of the space as well as…
Find out more »May 2020
The Business of Woodwork
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS KATE SWANN MARK STEPHENSON Woodworking Business School - Live Weekend Event There's a lot to the business side of woodworking, like how you think about your business as a business, how to price your work, and how to market your business, so you stay profitable and stay off the income roller coaster.Mark Stephenson from Ownermarketingschool.com and Kate Swann from the Florida School of Woodwork team up for the first-ever course to help you unlock the business potential in the work you…
Find out more »Curvature – Bend It Like Gumby
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR KELLY PARKER Curvature - Bending Wood Imagine: the gentle bend of a meandering stream… the supple curve of a woman’s hip… the fluid lines of a sports car. These beautiful organic forms are intrinsically pleasing to us. You can bring this same graceful quality to your furniture by learning the basics of bending wood. Steam - Vacuum - Hot Pipe - Kerf Bending Join Kelly Parker for a 5-day hands-on adventure as you explore the art and…
Find out more »July 2020
Teen Woodworking Camp
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR KATE SWANN TEEN WOODWORKING – SHOP CLASS Minimum age 14 – 17 yrs Our fully equipped shop is the scene of creative, engineering, and practical skill building work for 5 hours of instruction every day as well for free time. The skills your teen will learn here, will last a life time. Parents this class is open both girls and boys. No knowledge is required and the class is well supervised. In this hands-on class, you will…
Find out more »August 2020
Chair Making | Philip Morely
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR PHILIP MORELY Chair making with Philip Morely Come and build your skills and furnish your home with this sleek and contemporary Morely Lounge chair. Designed with a Mid Century flair but supremely comfortable, this chair is an excellent way to both develop your woodworking skills and make a statement in your home. Designed by Philip Morely - your instructor, you'll find yourself learning about traditional joinery and careful craft and unique design touches. This build will…
Find out more »October 2020
Make a Bike – Ride A Tree
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR CHRIS CONNOR Make a Bike Ride A Tree Level: Open to All Learn to build a wood bike! How do you go about building the ultimate combination of form and function? Build a wood bicycle. This class will teach you the process required to design, shape, bond, align, and ride a wood bicycle. Not just a pretty showpiece, but something that you can ride and enjoy for years to come. A wood bicycle combines the best of design and craftsmanship requiring a…
Find out more »Horse Bow Building & Archery
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR DAVE MEAD Composite Bow Making Learn the unique art of making one of the most ancient bow designs - the composite bow. You will learn from Dave Mead, a master bowyer, who has spent years perfecting the performance of this bow and arrow combo. Capable of shooting fast and flat over great ranges similar to the modern gear of today, it will bring more to the table than the archer is prepared for. This bow covers all archery needs.…
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