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Blog for the Port Townsend School of Woodworking, including school updates, class offerings, and students writing about their experiences.

John Felten: Marquetry Masterpieces

 I came to a point where I recognized that something original, something artistic and creative was missing from my projects. Since taking the class in July of 2012 my own personal woodworking path has taken a definite change. I have found that marquetry takes a well crafted wooden art form to a different level of personal expression.  A box or a tray becomes a canvas for something just a little bit more than a box or a tray.  

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Working Antique Plane Collection Donation

This year, the Port Townsend School of Woodworking received a priceless donation of wooden hand planes made by master planemaker D. P. Sandborn.  Learn more about Wendall Badger, the man who assembled and restored the collection during his tenure as the boatman/rigger at Dartmouth college.  

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