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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…
Master The Bend | Garrett Hack
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR GARRETT HACK WOODWORKING WITH CURVE 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…
Make A Portable Vise
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR JAMEEL ABRAHAM Spend two days obuilding an ancient French "etau"-- Benchcrafted's Hi Vise -- with Jameel Abraham of Benchcrafted! This is more than just a workbench appliance, it's a full-on vise. It clamps firmly to your current workbench and allows unrestricted access to your workpiece while elevating…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Teen Woodworking Camp
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.…
Chair Making | Philip Morley
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR PHILIP MORLEY Chair making with Philip Morley Come and build your skills and furnish your home with this sleek and contemporary Morley Lounge chair. Designed with a Mid Century flair but supremely comfortable, this chair is an excellent way to both develop your woodworking skills and…
Finishing Furniture | Weekend
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR DIANE SHATTUCK Learn To Finish Furniture This weekend finishing class provides a hands-on experience on finishing techniques and tools. Come learn why you finish, how to choose the right finish and explore all the different types of coatings available that will give your piece a professional grade finish. By the end of the class,…
Apprenticeship Fortune & Parker
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS MICHAEL FORTUNE KELLY PARKER Apprenticeship with Michael Fortune & Kelly Parker Taught by master furniture makers, Michael Fortune, and Kelly Parker, this two-week apprenticeship will profoundly impact your learning. It is a comprehensive class where you will take a design idea from proof-of-concept into fabrication. We will focus…
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,…
Wooden Sign Carving
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR ALEXANDER GRABOVETSKIY Classical Sign & Letter Carving Traditional Carving Techniques This lettering and sign carving class, taught by world-renown Alexander Grabovetskiy, will give you the skills to add creative, unique details to all your woodworking projects. Alexander has designed this introductory course for carver, furniture makers,…
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…