For Beginners
For students with little or no experience.
For Beginners
Classes for students with little or no experience
John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course teaches you to sharpen, tune, and use hand planes.
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Elizabeth Weber
5 Days, Open to All
In this one-week course, students will spend time turning various bowl shapes, using turning tools and mini, benchtop lathes to achieve their desired shape.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
In this two-day class we'll introduce you to the techniques and steps to cut dovetails by hand using a handsaw and chisels.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend class, you’ll learn how to quickly and efficiently layout, cut and fit mortise and tenon joinery using only hand tools.
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Mary May
5 Days, For Beginners
This five-day class starts from the beginning of woodcarving fundamentals and covers getting your tools razor sharp, safe use of gouges, securing your work to the bench, and carving in the correct grain direction.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course is perfect for complete beginners to turning, or folks whose skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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Cody Wayland
Weekend, Open to All
Each student in this course will have a hands-on experience maneuvering a log onto the mill carriage and then sawing this log into lumber.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend Class, Open to All
In this two-day course, students will create their own path in spoon carving by learning various spoon carving designs and techniques that they can replicate and practice on their own.
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Gina Bonneau
5 Days, For Beginners - Women and LGBTQ+ Students
This weeklong introductory course is intended to build confidence in your use of hand tools, and get students excited to work with wood on their own. This class welcomes cis women, trans women and trans men, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and any woman-identifying people.
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Pavel McGlave
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend workshop in the woods, we’ll cover all the steps, safe practices, and professional tips that will help you feel confident in managing your own woodlot, back forty or small yard with a safe and sharp chainsaw.
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Tom Fenollosa and Paul Denison
6 Days, Open to All
This six-day course covers the fundamentals of timber frame construction using the square rule method developed in New England in the early 1800s.
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Gina Bonneau
5 Days, For Beginners
This weeklong introductory course is intended to build confidence, demystify woodworking through the use of hand tools, and get students excited to work with wood on their own.
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James Johnson
5 Days, Open to All
This one-week class will cover the basics of formline design and technique through carving a unique panel for each student.
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Julian Watts
5 Days, Open to All
In this five-day class we will use both traditional and experimental carving techniques to create handheld sculptures that blur the line between functional objects and abstract works of art. By integrating the processes of spoon carving, expressive drawing, and power carving, students will leave the class not only with a robust carving skillset, but also an expanded view of what is possible at the intersection of traditional craft, art, and design.
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Dale Brotherton
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend class will be a hands-on workshop focused primarily on sharpening and setting up chisels and hand planes. These are the foundational skills in the world of Japanese woodworking. The tools and methods taught will all be traditional. The course will be packed with details that usually require a lengthy apprenticeship to learn.
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Taeho Kwon
5 Days, Open to All
This five-day class will teach the making of a sitting bench rooted in traditional eastern timber frame joinery used to construct Buddhist temples.
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John Edwards
5 Days, Open to All
In this five-day class, students will learn the craft of building a tool tote with groove joints, dovetail joints, and through mortise & tenon joints.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend class is designed to introduce you to the wonderful self-sufficient world of tool forging.
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Taeho Kwon
5 Days, Open to All
Kumiko is a delicate and sophisticated technique of assembling wooden pieces without using nails. In this five-day workshop, students will be introduced to making a Kumiko using traditional methods.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend Class, Open to All
In this two-day course, students will create their own path in spoon carving by learning various spoon carving designs and techniques that they can replicate and practice on their own.
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Chris Landingin, Ginsy Stone
6 Days, Open to All
This six-day course for women and LGBTQ+ students covers the fundamentals of a New England style of timber frame construction using the square rule method.
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Pavel McGlave
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend workshop in the woods, we’ll cover all the steps, safe practices, and professional tips that will help you feel confident in managing your own woodlot, back forty or small yard with a safe and sharp chainsaw.
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Sabiha Mujtaba
5 Days, Open to All
Finding inspiration for furniture design can be creatively exciting when we interpret it from other art forms: music, poetry, painting, and even from symbols and glyphs. In this five-day class, students will learn to design and build a stool or side table from start to finish using inspiration from calligraphy. Sabiha will take you from inspiration and design concepts through model making, planning, joinery, shaping, and carving to bring your idea to life.
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Matthew Straughn-Morse
5 Days, Open to All
In this weeklong course you will learn machine and hand tool methods to cut joinery, shape, and smooth elements of a simple frame stool with a Danish cord woven seat.
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Gina Bonneau
5 Days, For Beginners
This weeklong introductory course is intended to build confidence, demystify woodworking through the use of hand tools, and get students excited to work with wood on their own.
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Cody Wayland
Weekend, Open to All
Each student in this course will have a hands-on experience maneuvering a log onto the mill carriage and then sawing this log into lumber.
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Philip Shelton
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available
Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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Paige Dotsy
5 Days, For Beginners
In this weeklong course, students will gain proficiency in foundational furniture making by crafting a side table from scratch.
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Gina Bonneau and Lacey Carnahan
5 Days, For Beginners - Women & LGBTQ+ Students
The goal of this weeklong class is to learn and practice the safe and effective use of machine tools, and basic machine tool maintenance and adjustments. This class welcomes cis women, trans women and trans men, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and any woman-identifying people.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course is perfect for complete beginners to turning, or folks whose skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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